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Poetical Works by John Milton
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Both ENGLISH and LATIN &c.
Composed at several times.
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With a small tractate of
EDUCATION
To Mr. HARTLIB
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LONDON.
Printed for Tho. Dring at the Blew Anchor
next Mitre Court over against Fetter
Lane in Fleet-street. 1673.



THE STATIONER TO THE READER.


It is not any Private respect of gain, Gentle Reader, for the
slightest Pamphlet is now adayes more vendible then the Works
of learnedest men; but it is the love I have to our own Language
that hath made me diligent to collect, and set forth such Peeces
in Prose and Vers as may renew the wonted honour and esteem
of our tongue: and it's the worth of these both English and Latin
poems, not the flourish of any prefixed encomions that can
invite thee to buy them, though these are not without the
highest Commendations and Applause of the learnedst
Academicks, both domestic and forrein: And amongst those of
our own Countrey, the unparalleled attestation of that
renowned Provost of Eaton, Sir Henry Wootton: I know not
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