John Milton
1608–1674
Paradise Lost.
Manuscript of Book I, in the hand of an amanuensis, ca. 1665.
MA 307
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904
Transcription
Imprimatur
Tho. Tomkyns RRmo. in
Christo Patri ac Domino
Dño Gilberto divinâ Providentiâ
Archiepiscopo Cantuarensi à
Sacris domesticis.
Richard Royston
Int[ratu]r p[er] Geo: Tokefeilde Cl[ericum]
"Let it be printed. Thomas Tomkyns, one of the religious servants of the most reverent father and lord in Christ, Lord Gilbert, by divine providence archbishop of Canterbury. Richard Royston. Entered by George Tokefield, clerk."
Translation by Professor Gordon Campbell.
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