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 {¶23} Zech. x. 4, 5, 6. — …iii. 5. non ascenditis ad irruptiones, aut obducitis sepem—. Zech. x. 4, 5, 6. fuerunt similes potentibus conculcantibus lutum platearum in bello—. Amos. ii. 11. robustus non confirmabi…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶23} Zech. x. 5, 6. — …the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel—. Zech. x. 5, 6. they shall be as mighty men which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle—. Amos ii.…