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AREOPAGITICA;

A
SPEECH
OF
M^r. JOHN MILTON

For the Liberty of Vnlicens'd PRINTING,

To the Parlament of ENGLAND.

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Τοὐλεύθερον δ᾽ ἐκεῖνο, τίς θέλει πόλει
Χρηστόν τι βούλευμ᾽ ἐς μέσον φέρειν ἔχων.
Καὶ ταῦθ᾽ ὁ χρῄζων, λαμπρός ἐσθ᾽, ὁ μὴ θέλων
Σιγᾷ, τί τούτων ἔστ᾽ ἰσαίτερον πόλει;
Euripid. Hicetid.

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This is true liberty, when free born men,
Having to adviſe the public may ſpeak free,
Which he who can, and will, deſerv's high praise,
Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace;
What can be juſter in a State than this?
Euripid. Hicetid.

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LONDON,
Printed in the Yeare, 1644.