Théorie de la royauté, d’après la doctrine de Milton. Par le comte de M*******
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- Anonymous (Jean-Baptiste Salaville)
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- Anonymous (Louis-Laurent-Edme Le Jay)
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Notes
Translation of Milton's defense of the trial and execution of Charles I. The translation, which came out of Mirabeau's circle but was published anonymously, was by Salaville, while the long preface, 'Sur Milton et ses ouvrages' was written by his patron Mirabeau.
The preface contains a lengthy fragment (p.xiv-liv) of Mirabeau's earlier translation of Milton's 'Areopagitica' (published as 'Sur la liberté de la presse').
Etienne Dumont says the translation was by Mirabeau and his friend (and writer of his newsletter to his constituents), Joseph-Michel-Antoine Servan. After the events of the October Days, when the royal family was brought to Paris from Versailles, the publication of such a provocative text was considered a potential act of high treason, especially for a member of the National Assembly. As a result, Dumont claims the entire print-run, minus a dozen or so copies, was burnt. See Dumont, 'Souvenirs sur Mirabeau etc.', pp.137-38.
A favorable review by Camille Desmoulins in his Révolutions de France et de Brabant no.4 (Vol.1, pp.180-87), attributes the work to the comte de Garnery, declaring that, "C'est moins une traduction qu'une imitation".
It was republished in 1791, and again in 1792, in Valence, under the title 'Défense du peuple anglais, sur le jugement et la condemnation de Charles premier, roi d'Angleterre', in the run-up to the trial of Louis XVI.