Liber II, cap. 17. De Officiis Publicis erga ProximumThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶20} cap. xxv. 7, 8. — …omo, 2 Chron. xviii. 1. cum xix. 2, &c. Amaziæ cum Israelitis, cap. xxv. 7, 8. Ahazi cum Assyriis, 2 Reg. xvi. 7. et quod Judæi cum Ægyptiis ambierunt, Isa. xxx. 2, &c. Et hæc vetita sunt, e…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶20} xxv. 6—8. — ….705 --> compared with xix. 2. of Amaziah with the Israelites, xxv. 6—8. of Ahaz with the Assyrians, 2 Kings xvi. 7. and that which the Jews sought to contract with the Egyptians, Isai. xxx.…