In December 1653, by an Instrument of Government, he became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England.

1653年12月，通过政府文书，他成为英格兰英联邦的主要保护者。

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Milton participated with extraordinary enthusiasm and considerable zeal in the establishment of England's new, non-monarchic government, initially a commonwealth and then what we can think of as a republic.

弥尔顿带着极大的热情,参与了组建英国的非君主制新政府的过程，这一政府起先是联邦制,后来可认为是共和制。

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The monarch is also head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England, head of state of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth countries.

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