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Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton
Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton Author:Henry John Todd Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SECTION III. From his appointment as Secretary for Foreign Tongues, to the Restoration of King Charles the Second. The Book ofa Orders of the Council of St... more »ate during the Usurpation, preserved in his Majesty's State- Paper Office, presents the poet addressed by a committee, appointed for the purpose of inviting him into office, about six weeks after the martyrdom of the King. " 1648-9. March 13. Ordered, that Mr. White- locke, Sir Henry Vane, Lord Lisle, Earl of Denbigh, Mr. Martyn, Mr. Lisle, or any two of them, be appointed a committee to consider what alliances the Crowne hath formerly had with Forreigne States, and what those States are; and whether it will be fit to continue those allyances, or with how many of the said States; and how farr they should be continued, and upon what grounds; and in what manner applications and addresses should be made for the said continuance. a Now first presented to the publick eye, excepting three or four extracts embodied in Dr. Sumner's Introduction to his recent Translation of Milton's Treatise De Doctrind Ckristiand. " That it be referred to the same committee to speaJie with Mr. Milton, to know whether he will be employed as Secretary for the Forreigne Tongues ; and to report to the Councell. " 1648-9. March 15. Ordered, that Mr. John Milton be employed as Secretary for Forreigne Tongues to this Councell; and that he have the same salarie, which Mr. h Weckherlyn formerly had for the same service. " 1648-9. March 22. Ordered, that the letters, now read, to be sent to Hamburgh, in behalf of the Company of Merchant-Adventurers, be approved; and that they be translated into Latine by Mr. Milton. f -' " 1649. March 26. Ordered, that the letters,now brought in by Mr. Milton to the" Senate of Hamburgh, be approved; and...« less