None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not…

Milton, John. "The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Milton, John. The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. London: Matthew Simons, 1649.

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