1644

                                  AREOPAGITICA

                                 by John Milton
AREOPAGITICA

                          AREOPAGITICA

        Analysis of the Order of Parliament (June 14, 1643),

             Against which the Areopagitica was Directed

  1. The Preamble recounts that "many false...scandalous, seditious,
and libellous" works have lately been published, "to the great
defamation of Religion and government"; that many private
printing