ADVERTISEMENT. HE present Edition of the Poetical and Prose Works of Milton has been carefully printed from the Author's copies; the orthography so peculiar in the writings of Milton has been scrupulously preserved: and if an authority were required for closely following the text of an author, it is only necessary to quote the words of the Rev. John Keble; who, in the preface to Hooker, says, “ however both in this question (punctuation) and still more in that of spelling, the Editor acknowledges that he should himself prefer an exact reprint of the original, excepting, of course, palpable errors of the press. In one respect especially, i. e. as a specimen of language, ancient books lose very much of their value by the neglect of ancient orthography." The most authentic likeness of Milton appeared with his History of Britain, which was printed in 1670; it was drawn “ from the life,” when he was 62 years old, by William Faithorne, and engraved also by him : the portrait which faces the title page of this volume is engraved by William Humphreys, and is a faithful copy from that by Faithorne; the line under the portrait and the name are fac-similes of Milton's handwriting, from
a copy of Aratus' Phænomena, now in the British The copyright of Paradise Lost was sold to Sa- muel Symmons for five pounds; who was to pay a further five pounds when the first impression, which was to consist of thirteen hundred copies should be sold and retailed off; and other five pounds at the end of the second impression; and five pounds more at the end of the third impression. The original agreement, dated 27 April, 1667, is now in the collection of Samuel Rogers, Esq. It was once in the posseflion of the Publisher of this Edition, and was sold by him for one hundred guineas. A fac-simile of this agreement, with Milton's autograph and seal, appears at p. clxxxix of this volume. For the elaborate pedigree of the family of The Life is formed on that which appeared by 100 . . . I 22 A Malk presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 63 On the Death of a fair Infant dying of a Cough . At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge On the Morning of Christ's Nativity An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester The Fifth Ode of Horace. Lib. 1. Translation Epigram on Salmafius's Hundreda On the new forcers of Conscience under the Long Parliament 156 Donna leggiadra il cui bel nome honora' III. ' Qual in colle afpro, al.imbrunir di sera' IV. · Diodati, e te'l diro con maraviglia' v. ' Per certo i bei vostrocchi, Donna mia' vi. Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante' vII. [On his being arrived to the age of Twenty-three) 161 VIII. (When the Assault was intended to the City] 161 ix. (To a virtuous young Lady) xi. (On the Detraction which followed upon my writing xii. To Mr. H. Lawes, on his Aires . . . . xviii. On the late Massacher in Piemont XXII. To Mr. Cyriac Skinner. Upon his Blindness 11. In obitum Præconis Academici Cantabrigienfis III. In obitum Præfulis Wintonienfis iv. Ad Thomam Šunium præceptorem fuum vi. Ad Carolum Diodatum ruri commorantem VII. · Nondum blanda tuas leges Amathusia nôram' “ Galli ex concubitu gravidam te, Pontia, Mori” Ad Christinam Suecorum Reginam, nomine Cromwelli 235 In obitum Procancellarii medici Naturam non pati senium 246 254 Ad Salfillum poetam Romanum ægrotantem 255 Mansus. 256 Epitaphium Damonis 260 Ad Joannem Roufium Oxoniensis Academiæ Bibliothecarium 267 . |
