AREOPAGITICA;
A
SPEECH
OF
Mr. JOHN MILTON
For the Liberty of Vnlicens'd
PRINTING,
To the Parlament of ENGLAND.
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.
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.
LONDON,
Printed in the Yeare, 1644.
