SAUMAISE(Claude De)

Ad Johannem Miltonum Responsio, Opus Posthumum

      Tho. Roycroft, Impensis Jo. Martin, Ja. Allestry & Thos. Dicas, Londini 1660 - Having been threatened with the imminent appearance of this work from early 1652 onwards even past Saumaise's death in 1653, the ultimate publication in Dijon in September 1660, followed immediately the same month by this appearance in London, Milton clearly felt the bitter irony. Charles II had just been restored to the throne, and Milton could no longer defend himself against attacks by Saumaise and the Royalists. Wing S 736; Boswell 1261; Parker, numerous references; Coleridge 405 (note); not in Kohler. Rare