Milton censors Raphael Holinshed's lewd anecdote (IMAGE)

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Milton censors Raphael Holinshed's lewd anecdote

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John Milton censors Raphael Holinshed's lewd anecdote about the mother of William the Conqueror, Arlete. Milton crosses the passage out with a diagonal line and adds a note saying: "an unbecom[ing] / tale for a hist[ory] / and as pedlerl[y] / expresst".

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