Let me give you an account of myself and let me establish the reasons why you need to go on listening to me and why you should believe my position on this or that political or ecclesiastical topic."

让我向你们介绍一下自己，然后说明,为什么你们要继续听我说以及为什么,你们要相信我的政治或宗教立场，“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So Milton will continually be saying in his prose tracts, "Oh! I just had an idea. Dear reader, before I go on, perhaps I should say something about myself. I need to explain something to you about where I'm coming from. You wonder who I am to tell you this?

所以弥尔顿会在他的散文中不停地说，“哦！我有一个主意，亲爱的读者，在我继续下去之前,也许我应该介绍下自己，我需要向你们,解释一下我从哪里来，你们会想我是谁呀？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选