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The Preface to the Reader for the First tract on government   [1661]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 28, ff. 1-2.

Description:   A preface written by Locke for the First Tract on Government (1660). It contains topical references dating from 1661.

The manuscript consists of three leaves, c. 205 × 16 mm; the first a sheet folded once, the second a loose sheet; the pages are numbered 1-6 by Locke.

Publications:

1. Scritti editi e inediti sulla tolleranza / John Locke ; a cura di Carlo Augusto Viano. – Torino : Taylor, 1961. – p. 14-19. [Locke #949] – Also includes an Italian translation (p. 152-157)
2. Two tracts on government / John Locke ; edited … by Philip Abrams. – Cambridge : University Press, 1967. – p. 117-123. [Locke #950]
3. Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – p. 3-10. [Locke #867+]
4. Political writings / John Locke ; edited and with an introduction by David Wootton. – London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1993. – p. 146-151. [Locke #867+]
5. [extracts:] The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 7-8.

Discussions:   See entry for the First tract on government (1660)

Essay on infallibility   (1661)

Location:   Public Record Office, London, PRO 30/24/47/33

Description:   A Latin disputation headed “An necesse sit dari in Ecclesia infallibilem SSae Scripturae interpretem? Negatur” [Is it necessary that an infallible interpreter of holy scripture be granded in the church? No]. The manuscript, in Locke’s hand, consists of three sheets of paper folded to form six leaves; the text appears only on the recto pages. The verso of the final leaf is endorsed “Infallibilitas Scripturae interpres non necessarius 61” [Infallible interpreters of Scripture not necessary]. The date may be interpreted as 1661 or before March 24, 1662.

Three leaves, each folded twice, forming 12 pages. 197 × 151 mm; the final leaf is 187 × 146 mm. The text is written on the rectos only.

Publications:

1. [Extract (translated):] The life of John Locke / by H.R. Fox Bourne. – London : H.S. King ; New York : Harper, 1876. – v. 1:161-162.
2. “John Locke’s essay on infallibility : introduction, text, and translation” / John C. Biddle. // IN: Journal of church and state. – 19 (1977):301-327. – Text on p. 316-327, with an English translation on facing pages.
3. [English translation:] Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – p. 204-209. [Locke #867+] – Biddle’s translation.
4. [English translation:] Writings on religion / John Locke ; edited by Victor Nuovo. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2002. – p. 69-72 [Locke 867+]. – A new English translation by Nuovo.

Discussions:   Biddle (see publiction #2 above); Nuovo, publication #4 above, p. 69.