Letters of state, written by Mr. John Milton, to most of the sovereign princes and republicks of Europe. From the year 1649. till the year 1659. To which is added, an account of his life. Together with several of his poems; and a catalogue of his works, never before printed.
England and Wales.Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)
Phillips, Edward,1630-1696?,tr.
Milton, John,1608-1674.
Cromwell, Oliver,1599-1658.
England and Wales.Lord Protector (1658-1660 : R. Cromwell)
England and Wales.Parliament.
England and Wales.Council of State.
London : [s.n.],
printed in the year, 1694.
A translation, by Edward Phillips, of "Literæ pseudo-senatûs Anglicani, Cromwellii, reliquorumque perduellium nomine ac jussu conscriptæ", a publication of dispatches written by Milton in his capacity of Latin secretary to the Council of State, between the years 1649 and 1659 and originally published surreptitiously in 1676.
"The life of Mr. John Milton" (caption title) was written by Edward Phillips.
"Milton's four preliminary sonnets to Cromwell, Fairfax, Vane and Skinner are here first printed"--Pforzheimer catalogue. Shawcross calls these "garbled versions".
Includes bibliography.
Shawcross #367 has the words "Six Verses" and Shawcross #368 has the words "Ten verses" on p. xxxv, line 6.
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996)
Pforzheimer
Shawcross, J. Milton
Coleridge, K.A. Catalogue of the Milton collection in the Turnbull Library
ESTC
Microfilm.
Great Britain England London.