[The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 CHAPTER II 85/279
an extract from another letter of Diodati, addressed to M.L'Empereur; a letter from M.Sartoris to Salmasius, dated Geneva, April 5, 1648; a testimonial from the lawyer Gothofridius, dated Geneva, May 24, 1648; and a subsequent letter from the same, dated Basel, April 23, 1651.
All are very complimentary.
Passing then to his life in Holland after leaving Switzerland, Morus continues the series of his testimonials.
We have first, in French or Latin, or both, a letter from the Church at Middleburg to the Church at Geneva, dated Nov.
2, 1649, an extract from a letter of the Synod of the Walloon Churches of the United Provinces to the Pastors and Professors of Geneva, dated May 6, 1650, and a testimonial from the Church of Middleburg, on the occasion of sending M.Morus as deputy to the said Synod, dated April 19, 1650. More documents of the same kind follow, chiefly for the purpose of disproving the assertion that M.Morus had been condemned and ejected by the Middleburg Church.
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