...Government is perfect, because human beings are imperfect. ' Errors ', wrote Milton in Areopagitica, ' in a good government and in a bad are equally almost incident ' : but not incidental in each to just the same extent. Three kings at the end of the seventeenth century...

...escape abroad, as the event shows. But of these sophisms and elcnchs of merchandise I skill not:1" This I know, that errors in a good government and...almost incident ;"" for what magistrate may not be misinformed, and much the sooner, if liberty of printing be reduced into the power of a few, but to...

...rcform'd, then is tho utmost bound of civill liberty attain'd tliut wiso men look for This I know, thut errors in a good government and in a bad, are equally almost incident; for what magistrate may not bo misinformed, mid much tho sooner, if liberty of printing bo reduced into tho power of a few ; but...

...on u July 1637. (The Court of Star Chamber was abolished on 5 July 1641.) 173. Fallacious arguments. and much the sooner, if liberty of Printing be reduc't...in highest autority to esteem a plain advertisement 17 * more then others have done a sumptuous bribe, is a vertue (honour'd Lords and Commons) answerable...

...might the easier scape abroad, as the event shews. But of these Sophisms and Elenchs of marchandize I skill not: This I know, that errors in a good government...of Printing be reduc't into the power of a few... . (570) The indictment of the Stationers Company could not be more absolute or more specific. Milton...

...The last sentence, addressing this question, recalls Milton's low estimate of the Long Parliament: This I know, that errors in a good government and...equally almost incident; for what Magistrate may not be misinformed, and much the sooner, if liberty of Printing be reduced into the power of a few; but to...

...political truth also means being informed of the government's actions so that it may be corrected: "This I know, that errors in a good government and...liberty of Printing be reduc't into the power of a few?" 39 This second aspect of political truth is also highlighted in a variety of Leveller tracts, during...

...might the easier scape abroad, as the event shews. But of these Sophisms and Elenchs of marchandize I skill not: This I know, that errors in a good government and in a bad are equally almost incident . . . At least some features of this concluding gesture might be explained by the coalitionist logic...

...the easier escape abroad, as the event0 shows. But of these sophisms and elenches0 of merchandise f skill not: this I know, that errors in a good government and in a bad are equally almost incident;0 for what magistrate may not be misinformed, and much the sooner, if liberty of printing...

...might the easier escape abroad, as the event shows. But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not: This I know, that errors in a good government...equally almost incident; for what magistrate may not be misinformed, and much the sooner, if liberty of printing be reduced into the power of a few? But to...