A

POEM,

IN

TWELVE BOOK S.

The AUTHOR

JOHN MILTON.

The SIXTH EDITIΟΝ.

With NOTES of various AUTHORS,
By THOMAS NEWTON, D.D.

VOLUME the FIRST.

LONDON:

Printed for J. and R. Tonfon, B. Dodd, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington,
R. Baldwin, T. Longman, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, E. Dilly,
T. Caflon, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and the Executors of J. Ri-
chardfon.

M DCC LXIII.

11.6 1912,

:

EARL of BATH.

MY LORD,

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ILTON himself prefixed no Dedication to the PARADISE LOST; for he designed it, not for a single patron, but for the wife and learned of all ages. However several of the later editions have been inscribed to Lord Sommers, as a great admirer and encourager of this work : and indeed such a poem should be addressed only to the most worthy, to Lord Sommers, or One like Him a judge and patron of arts, and illustrious both in the commonwealth of men and the commonwealth of letters.