"Pilot of the Galilean Lake," 49

"Plymouth Brethren," resemblance of Milton's views to, 133

Powell, Mary, Milton marries, 86; she leaves him, 87; returns to him, 95; her family live with Milton, 98; her death, 116; probable bad influence on her daughters, 163

"Prelatical Episcopacy" pamphlet, 72

"Pro Populo" pamphlet, 113

Ptolemaic system followed by Milton in "Paradise Lost," 157

Puckering, Sir H., gave Milton's MSS. to the University of Cambridge, 129

R.

Reading, surrender of to Parliamentary army, 91

"Ready way to establish a Commonwealth," 136

"Reason of Church Government" pamphlet, 72

"Reformation touching Church Discipline" pamphlet, 72

Restoration, consequences to Milton of the, 138-141

Richardson, J., on Milton's later life, 186

Rome, Milton in, 62

Rump, burning of the, 136

S.

St. Bride's Churchyard, Milton lodges in, 65

St. Giles's Cripplegate, Milton's grave in, 194

St. Paul's school, Milton at, 19

Salmasius, Claudius, his character, 109; author of "Defensio Regia," 111; Milton's controversy with, 112, 114

Samson, Vondel's, 170

"Samson Agonistes," 141, 178; criticism on, 180-185

Satan, the hero of "Paradise Lost," 155

Shakespeare, 2; Milton's panegyric on, 33, 38; his view of tragedy compared with Milton's, 183

Sh.e.l.ley, on poetical inspiration, 41; his estimate of Milton, 156; on tragedy and comedy, 183; quoted, 17, 197

Skinner, Cyriack, his loan to Milton, 138

Skinner, David, endeavours to publish "State Letters" and "Treatise on Christian Doctrine," 191

Sonnet, "When the a.s.sault was intended to the City," 84; from the Italian, 85; on Vaudois Protestants, 124; to his second wife, 125; to Henry Lawrence, 126; inscribed on a window-pane, 175

"State Letters," 191

Stationers' Company and Milton, 92

Symmons, S., publisher of "Paradise Lost," 149, 175

Symonds, Mr. J.A., on metre of "Paradise Lost," 166

T.

Tennyson, on Milton's Eden, 162

"Tenure of Kings and Magistrates," 100

"Tina," by Antonio Malatesti, 68

Tomkyns, Thomas, licenses "Paradise Lost," 151; and the poems, 178

Tovey, Nathaniel, Milton's college tutor, 25

Treatise on Christian Doctrine, 190

U.

Ulster Protestants, Milton's subscription for, 83

V.

Vernon Lee, 57

Vondel, Milton's indebtedness to, 170

W.

Wakefield, E.G., on the champions of great causes, 135