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Observations on the Articles of Peace between James Earl of Ormond for King Charles the First on the one Hand, and the Irish Rebels and Papists on the other Hand [...]

Author: John Milton

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Robert Fletcher

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School of History

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

1. First draft, revised and corrected.

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(2011)

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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Robert Fletcher, Observations on the Articles of Peace between James Earl of Ormond for King Charles the First on the one Hand, and the Irish Rebels and Papists on the other Hand [...] in The Prose Works of John Milton: With an Introductory review by Robert Fletcher. , London, Westley and Davis, Stationers' Court (1835) volume 1 page 247–270

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Created: By various authors as indicated; section 4 by John Milton (1649)

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Language: [EN] The text is in English.
Language: [LA] Some words and phrases are in Latin.

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