concerning the affairs of Great Britain. From the year MDCXLIX to MDCLVIII. Found among the political collections of Mr. John Milton / Now first pub. from the originals
An episode of the English Civil War
Unpublished documents relating thereto, collected by the late John Bruce ; with fragments of a historical preface by Mr. Bruce, annotated and completed by David Masson.
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