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APPENDIX.

"Mr. Milton's Agreement with Mr. Symons for Paradife Loft. dated 27th April, 1667. (The original is in the poffeffion of Mr. S. Rogers.)

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HESE Prefents made the 27th day of Aprill 1667 between John Milton, gent. of the one part, and Samuel Symons, printer, of the other part, wittnefs that the faid John Milton in confideration of five pounds to him now paid by the faid Samuel Symons, and other the confideracons herein mentioned, hath given, granted and affigned, and by these pñts doth give, grant and affign unto the faid Sam" Symons, his executors, and affignees, All that Booke, Copy, or Manufcript of a Poem intituled Paradise Loft, or by whatsoever other title or name the fame is or fhall be called or diftinguished, now lately licensed to be printed, together with the full benefitt, profit, and advantage thereof, or weh fhall or may arise thereby. And the faid John Milton for him, his ex's and adm", doth covenant wth the faid Sam" Symons, his ex's and afs3 that he and they shall at all times hereafter have, hold and enjoy the fame and all impreffions thereof accordingly, without the lett or hindrance of him the faid John Milton, his ex's or afs3, or any perfon or perfons by his or their confent or privity. And that he the faid John Milton, his ex's or adm" or any other by his or their meanes or confent, fhall not print or cause to be printed, or fell, difpofe or publish the faid book or manuscript, or any other book or manufcript of the fame tenor or subject, without the consent of the said Sam" Symons, his ex's or afss: In concideracon whereof the faid Samell Symons for him, his ex" and adm's doth covenant with the said John Milton, his ex, and ass3 well and truly to pay unto the said John Milton, his exrs, and adm" the fum of five pounds of lawfull english money at the end of the first Impreffion, which the said Sam" Symons, his ex", or afs3 shall make and publish of the said copy or manufcript, which impreffion fhall be accounted to be ended when thirteen hundred books of the faid whole copy or manuscript imprinted, fhall be fold and retailed off to particular reading customers. And fhall also pay other five pounds, unto the faid John Milton, or his ass" at the end of the second impreffion to be accounted as aforefaid, And five pounds more at the end of the third impreffion, to be in like manner accounted. And that the faid three firft impreffions fhall not exceed fifteen

hundred books or volumes of the faid whole copy or manuscript, a peice. And further, that he the faid Samuel Symons, and his ex", adm", and afs' fhall be ready to make oath before a Master in Chancery concerning his or their knowledge and belief of or concerning the truth of the difpofing and felling the faid books by retail, as aforefaid, whereby the faid Mr. Milton is too be entitled to his faid money from time to time, upon every reasonable requeft in that behalf, or in default thereof fhall pay the faid five pounds agreed to be paid upon every impreffion, as aforefaid, as if the fame were due, and for and in lieu thereof. In witness whereof, the faid parties have to this writing indented, interchangeably fett their hands and feales the day and yeare first above written.

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Rec then of Samuel Simmons five pounds, being the Second five pounds to be paid-mentioned in the Covenant. I say recd by me,

Witness, Edmund Upton.

JOHN MILTON.

I do hereby acknowledge to have received of Samuel Symonds Cittizen and Statoner of London, the Sum of Eight pounds: which is in full payment for all my right, title, or intereft, which I have or ever had in the Coppy of a Poem Intitled Paradife Loft in Twelve Bookes in 8vo-By John Milton, Gent. my late husband. Wittness my hand this 21st day of December, 1680.

Wittnefs, William Yopp, Ann Yopp.

ELIZABETH MILTON.

Know all men by these pffents that I Elizabeth Milton of London Widdow, late wife of John Milton of London Gent: deceafed-have remiffed released and for ever quitt claimed And by these pffents doe remife releafe & for ever quitt clayme unto Samuel Symonds of London, Printer-his heirs Excut's and Adminiftrators All and all manner of Accoñ and Accons Cause and Causes of Accoñ Suites Bills Bonds writinges obligatorie Debts dues duties Accompts Summe and Sumes of money Judgments Executions Extents Quarrells either in Law or Equity Controverfies and demands-And all & every other matter cause and thing whatfoever which against the

faid Samuel Symonds-I ever had and which I my heires Executors or Ádminiftrators fhall or may have clayme & challenge or demand for or by reafon or means of any matters cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the World unto the day of these pffents. In witness whereof I have hereunto fett my hand and feale the twenty ninth-day of Apriil in the thirty third Year of the Reigne of our Sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland King defender of the ffaith & Anno Dni. 1681. ELIZABETH MILTON.

Signed and delivered in

the pffence of

Jof. Leigh Wm Wilkins.

(The above three articles are, I believe, in the poffeffion of Mr. Dawson Turner.)

Alterations by Milton from the first edition in ten Books, for the fecond edition in twelve.

Book viii. V. 1.

"The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear,
So charming left his voice, that he a while

Thought him still speaking; ftill ftood fix'd to hear:

Then, as new wak'd, thus gratefully reply'd."

The latter part of the verse was taken from the line in the first edition

"To whom thus Adam gratefully reply'd"

Book xii. V. 1.

"As one who in his journey bates at noon,

Though bent on speed: fo here th' arch-angel pauf'd,
Betwixt the world destroy'd, and world restor'd;

If Adam ought perhaps might interpose:

Then, with tranfition fweet, new speech refumes."

Some few additions were also made to the Poem, the notice of which will intereft the critical reader.

Book v. V. 637.

"They eat, they drink, and with refection fweet

Are fill'd before th' all-bounteous king," &c.

were thus enlarged in the fecond edition;

They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality, and joy, (secure

Of furfeit, where full measure only bounds.
Excess) before th' all-bounteous king," &c.

Book xi. V. 484. after

"Inteftine ftone, and ulcer, cholic-pangs," these three verfes were added:

"Dæmoniac phrenzy, moping melancholy,
And moon-ftruck madness, pining atrophy;
Marafmus, and wide-wafting peftilence."

And ver. 551, of the fame book (which was originally thus:
Of rendring up. Michael to him reply'd)

received this addition:

"Of rendring up, and patiently attend
My diffolution. Michael reply'd."

LETTERS.

No. i. ii. Greek letters of C. Deodati to Milton, formerly in the poffeffion of Toland, who fays they are very handfomely written, now in the British Museum, additional MS. No. 5017*, folio 64, &c. (fee Toland's Life of Milton, p. 23.)

No. iii. an Italian letter to Milton, from Florence, without the name of the author affixed. Carlo Dati was the principal correfpondent of Milton: and I should have supposed that he had been the writer of this letter; but that he is reprefented as a nobleman of large fortune, and in this letter the writer speaks of his being appointed to the profefforship of Belles Lettres in the academy of Florence, on the death of Doni. If not from Carlo Dati, I should prefume it must be from Bonmattei, his other Florentine correfpondent. Since writing the above, I have difcovered that Carlo Dati fucceeded Doni in the profefforship. He therefore is the writer. Doni died Dec. 1647, aged fifty-three; he left C. Dati the office of publishing his works. Heinfius fays, "DATIVM, amiciffimum mihi juvenem Donius impenfe diligebat.' C. Dati died in Jan. 1675, aged fifty-fix. Dati took the name in the Acad. della Crufca of Smarrito." He wrote the Lives of the Antient Painters, 4to. 1667, and other small works. See Salvino Salvino in Faft. Confularibus, p. 536, and Bandini Comm. de vitâ Donii, p. xci. very interefting mention of C. Dati occurs repeatedly in the Epiftles of N. Heinfius. Bayle fays he was very civil and officious to all learned travellers who went to Florence. Chimentelli thus speaks of him, "Clariffimus et amiciffimus Car. Datius, noftræ flos illibatus urbis, fuadæque Etrufcæ

trat."

medulla, quam omni literarum parata quotidie auget, atque illufNic. Heinfius dedicated a book of his Elegies to Carlo Dati, in which he mentions his acquaintance with Gaddi, Coltellini, Doni, Frescobaldi and other of Milton's friends. Carlo Dati received him with the fame hofpitality, which he had showed to Milton. He alfo mentions his reception by Chimentelli at Pifa. Among Alex. Mori Poemata is one to C. Dati. p. 166.

No. iv. Letter from Peter Heimbach. To this letter, an answer by Milton is found among his Epiftles, p. 65. There is an addrefs to Cromwell in Latin written by Heimbach, printed in London, 1656. This letter was sent after an interval of nine years in their correfpondence; and was an affectionate inquiry concerning Milton's fafety, during the plague of the preceding

year.

No. v. Letter from Leo ab Aitzema, informing Milton that he was caufing a Dutch translation of his book on Divorce to be made at the Hague, fee Milton's anfwer, p. 42, Feb. 1654. Leo or Lieuwe van Aitzema was a gentleman of Friesland, who was born at Doccum in 1600, and died at the Hague, where he was the refident for the Hanse towns, in 1669. He printed some Latin poems, and was the author of several works in Dutch; the most important of which is the "Saken van Staet en Oorlogh," a book of memoirs on the history of Holland, from 1621 onwards, of which there are two editions, in fourteen volumes quarto and in ten folio. The British Museum poffeffes both, and the folio copy, which formerly belonged to Southey, contains a very interesting note on the fly-leaf, from the pen of the laureate. It is as follows: "The Lord Keeper Guildford learnt Dutch for the fake of reading this book, Sir Peter Lely having recommended it to him, as if there needed no other to make men exquifite scholars and politicians.' Roger North however is mistaken in calling it fuch a fort of book as our Rushworth.' It is much better. Aitzema is as much above Rufhworth as he is below Thuanus, but not lefs indifpenfable in an hiftorical library than either. R. S.”—Mr. Thos. Watts.

No. I.

Θεόσδοτος Μίλτωνι ευφραινεσθαι.

(Condoling with him on the bad weather, and anticipating a meeting on the return of the fine.)

Ἡ μὲν παροῦσα κατάστασις τοῦ ἄερος δοκει φθονερώτερον διακεῖσθαι, πρὸς ἃ ἡμεῖς πρωὶ διαλυόμενοι ἐθέμεθα, χειμάζοῦσα, καὶ ταρασσομένη

1 pa in Marg. in Milton's handwriting.

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