Note 1 — Chapter II

: So dated in official copy, as printed in Morland's book, pp. 558-560; but undated in Printed Collection and in Phillips, and dated "West., Junii—1655" in Skinner Transcript (No. 41 there). This last is a mistake; for Thurloe speaks of the letter as already written May 25 (Thurloe to Pell, Vaughan's Protectorate, I. 185). The official copy, as given in Morland, differs somewhat from Milton's draft. "Ego" for Cromwell, in one sentence, is changed into "Nos;" and the closing words of the draft, "et is demum, sentiet orthodoxnon injurias atque miserias tam graves non posse nos negligere" are omitted in the official copy, possibly as too strong. These may be among the amendments made in Council, May 23.