News at Eleven: And on Charles II's accession to the throne,

[William] Davenant, whose star was of course by then riding high again--repaid the compliment. He used his influence to make sure that Milton was not "excepted" from the King's Act of Indemnity and Oblivion which extended mercy to all who were not immediately concerned with the execution of his father, Charles I. And Richardson writes: "The nation forgave him though they little knew how well he would reward their clemency by his future writings, chiefly Paradise Lost."

from The Oxford Times: How a friendship saved John Milton's life

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