Excerpt from An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England: From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth; With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England I. A Compleat Collediion of the Hylorical, Political, and Mifiellaneous Works of john milton cor'realy printed from the Origi nal Editions. With an Hifiorical and Critical Ac count of the Life and Writings of the Author; containing feveral Original Papers of His, 'nevcr before publifll'd; and a large Alphabetical Index. By thomas brrch, d. M. And f.r.s. In 2 vol. 4to. Beautifully printed on a fine Paper, and adorn'd With a curious Head of the fluther, en'graven by Mr. Vertue, from 3. Drawing by Mr. Richard/on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.