All he knew was that some one, who wanted to be anonymous, had sent the manuscript to Salmasius, and that, after some delay and hesitation, he had obliged Salmasius by putting the book to press.

Ulac then relates the circumstances, already known to us, of his correspondence with Hartlib about the book, and his offers to Milton, through Hartlib, to publish any reply Milton might make.
He had been surprised at the long delay of this reply, and also at the extraordinary ignorance of business shown by Milton and his friends in their resentment of _his_ part in the matter.

It was for a tradesman to be neutral in his dealings; he had relations with both the Parliamentarians and the Royalists, and would publish for either side; and, as to his lending his name to the Dedicatory Preface to Charles II., everybody knew that printers did such things every day.

However, here now is Mr.Milton's _Defensio Secunda_ in an edition for the foreign market, printed with the same good will as if Milton had himself given the commission.

It contains, he finds, a most unjustifiable attack on M.Morus, with abuse also of Salmasius, who is now in his grave; but that is other people's business, not Ulac's.