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.] (LXI.) TO THE PRINCE OF TRANSYLVANIA, _May_, 1655:[1]--Transylvania, now included in the Austrian Empire, was then an independent Principality of Eastern Europe, in precarious and variable relations with Austria, Poland, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire.

The population, a mixture of Wallachs, Magyars.
Germans, and Slavs, was largely Protestant; and the present Prince, George Ragotzki, was an energetic supporter of the Protestant interest in that part of Europe, and a man generally of much political and military activity.

He had written, it appears, to Cromwell on the 16th of November, 1654, and had sent an Envoy to England with the letter.