Frontispiece: Towers of the Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, by David Gentleman . Courtesy, Public Record Office. Crown copyright, reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fallon, Robert Thomas. Milton in government / Robert Thomas Fallon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-271-00904-7 (acid-free) 1. Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Political and social views. 2. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660. 3. Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1649-1660. I. Title. PR3592.P64F35 1993 821'.4 -- dc20 92-17716 CIP Copyright © 1993 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, Barbara Building, Suite C, University Park, PA 16802-1003 It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper for the first printing of all clothbound books. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Informa- tion Sciences -- Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. -iv- |