THE

PROSE WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON;

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

INTERSPERSED WITH

TRANSLATIONS AND CRITICAL REMARKS,

BY

CHARLES SYMMONS, D.D.

OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD.

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1

THE

L I F E

OF

JOHN MILTON .

Si tyrannos insector, quid hoc ad reges ? quos ego a tyrannis longissimè sejungo

Defen. secund.
Nunc sub foederibus coeant felicibus unà
Libertas, et jus sacri inviolabile sceptri:
Rege sub AUGUSTO fas sit laudare CATONEM.

DR, GEORGE