.../ Non Anglus, verum hercle Angelus ipse fores" (The Poems of John Milton, ed. Darbishire, 514). 14. "[H]e who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought him selfe to bee a true Poem, that is, a composition, and pattern of the best and honourablest things;...

...a marvellous artist" anticipates Milton's famous prescription for himself, Apology for Smectymnuus, "he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem." 36 turgidulus is a rare diminutive, found at Cat. 3.18 flendo turgiduli rubent ocelli, "her darling...