A manifesto of the Lord protector of the commonwealth of England, Scotland, Ireland, &c., published by consent and advice of his Council wherein is shewn the reasonableness of the cause of this republic against the depredations of the Spaniards
written in Latin by John Milton, and first printed in 1655 ; now translated into English ... ; to which is added, Britannia, a poem / by Mr. Thomson, first published in 1727
First published in London, 1655 in two editions, English and Latin, the English edition with title "A declaration of His Highnes, by advice of his Council ; setting forth, on behalf of this commonwealth, the justice of their cause against Spain"; the Latin edition, "Scriptum Dom. protectoris ... ex consensu atque sententia Concilii sui editum : in quo hujus reipublicae causa contra Hispanos justa esse demonstratus".
"This very interesting tract details a great number of instances of cruelty and oppression towards English mariners and others at Hispaniola. Providence, Tortugas, etc."--Sabin, Bib. amer., v. 12, p. 190.