A manifesto of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, Ireland, &c. Published by consent and advice of his council. Wherein is shewn the reasonableness of the cause of this republic against the depredations of the Spaniards. Written in Latin by John Milton, and first printed in 1655, now translated into English. The second edition. To which is added, Britannia, a poem; by Mr. Thomson: first published in 1727

All titles

• A manifesto of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, Ireland, &c. Published by consent and advice of his council. Wherein is shewn the reasonableness of the cause of this republic against the depredations of the Spaniards. Written in Latin by John Milton, and first printed in 1655, now translated into English. The second edition. To which is added, Britannia, a poem; by Mr. Thomson: first published in 1727
• Orders in Council. 1655-10-26

People / Organizations

• England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell). (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for, and sold by A. Millar, at Buchanan's Head, over against St. Clement's Church in the Strand, 1738.

Added name

Milton, John, 1608-1674.; Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Britannia.

Publication year

1738

ESTC No.

N4288

Grub Street ID

28877

Description

40p. ; 8°.

Note

Not a reissue of the sheets of the first 1738 edition (ESTC T75482)

First published in 1655 in two versions, English and Latin, with the titles 'A declaration of His Highnes .. setting forth .. the justice of their cause against Spain' and 'Scriptum dom. protectoris .. in quo hujus reipublicae causa contra Hispanos justa esse demonstratus'; the text of this translation differs considerably from that of the original English version

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