...these needs, and he was nearly ready with a pamphlet, about the length of Areopagitica, to be entitled The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: proving, that...ordinary magistrate have neglected, or denied to do it. And that they, who of late, so much blame deposing, are the men that did it themselves. On or before...

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...full first period of the title of The Tenure of KINGS ani/MAG1STRATEs: Proving, That it is Law/t1ll, and hath been held so through all Ages, for any, who...conviction, to depose, and put him to death; if the ordinary MAGISTRATES have neglected, or deny'd to do it. As the title couples kings and magistrates, so to Milton...

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...regicide tract, this is not quite how it identifies itself on the title page: PROVING, That it 1s Lawfull, and hath been held so through all Ages, for any, who have the Powet, to call to account a Tyrant, or wicked KING, and after due conviction, to depose, and put him...

...writing ability as for his religious and political commitment. Early in 1649 he wrote a pamphlet entitled The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates; proving, that it is lawful, and hath been so through all ages, for any, who have the power, to call to account a tyrant, or wicked king, and...

...published his first blast in its defence on his own initiative on 13 February. This was a pamphlet entitled The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving that...after Due Conviction to Depose and put him to death. Milton had been infuriated by the attacks of the Presbyterian ministers during the trial of the King,...