The censure of the Rota upon Mr Miltons book, entituled, The ready and easie way to establish a free common-wealth. : Die lunæ 26. Martij, 1660. Ordered by the Rota, that M. Harrington be desired to draw up a narrative of this dayes proceeding upon Mr. Miltons book, called, The ready and easie way, &c. And to cause the same to be forthwith printed and pulished, and a copy thereof to be sent to Mr. Milton. Trundle Wheeler, Clerk to the Rota.

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Harrington, James, 1611-1677, Attributed name.

Series:

Thomason Tracts ; 151:E.10195*.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Readie and easie way to establish a free commonwealth.

Milton, John.

Political satire, English--Early works to 1800.

Political satire, English.

Physical Description:

16 pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Paul Giddy, printer to the Rota, at the sign of the Windmill in Turne-againe Lane, 1660.

Notes:

"Though it has been mistaken by careless people as actually a production of [James] Harrington's, [this] is in reality a clever burlesque by some Royalist, in which, under the guise of an imaginary debate in the Rota over Milton's pamphlet, Milton and the Rota-men are turned into ridicule together. The mock-names on the title-page .. are part of the burlesque; and it is well kept up in the tract itself, which takes the form of a letter gravely addressed to Milton and signed with Harrington's initials, 'J.H.'"--Masson, D. The life of John Milton, 1859-1894, v. 5, p. 660.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 30"; "Marsh 30".

Reproductions of the originals in the Huntington Library and the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts ; 151:E.1019[5*]). s1978 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) H808.

Thomason E.1019[5*].