Milton, John, birth, 11; genealogy of, 14; birthplace, 16; his father, 17; his education, 18-27; knowledge of Italian, 21; at Cambridge, 22-28; rusticated, 25; his degree, 1629; 25; will not enter the church, 29; early poems, 32; writes "Comus," 38; required incitement to write, 40, 48; correctness of his early poems, 42; his life at Horton, 44-55; his "Comus" and "Arcades," 44-48; his "Lycidas," 48; his mother's death, 55; goes to Italy, 56; his Italian friends, 59; visits Galileo, 61; Italian sonnets, 64; educates his nephews, 65; elegy to Diodati, 67; eighteen years' poetic silence, 68; takes part with the Commonwealth, 68; pamphlets on Church government, 72; tract on Education, 75; "Areopagitica," 79; Italian sonnet, 85; his first marriage, 86; deserted by his wife, his treatise on Divorce, 87; his pupils, 91; return of his wife, 96; his daughter born, 98; becomes Secretary for Foreign Tongues, 102; his State papers, 104; licenses pamphlets, 105; answers "Eikon Basilike," 108; answers Salmasius, 111; loses his sight, 114; death of his wife, 116; reply to Morus, 119; his official duties 122; his retirement and second marriage, 125; projected ninety-nine themes preparatory to "Paradise Lost," 129; wrote chiefly from autumn to spring, 132; his views of a republic, 136; escapes proscription at Restoration, 139; unhappy relations with his daughters, 141; third marriage, 143; writing "Paradise Lost," 147-150; analysis of his work, 152-172; compared with modern poets, 166; his indebtedness to earlier poets, 169; retires to Chalfont to escape the plague, 173; he suffers from the Great Fire, 175; his "Paradise Regained," 177; his "Samson Agonistes," 180-85; his later life, 186; his later tracts, 188, 190; his "History of Britain," 189; his Arian opinions, 192; his death, 193; his will, 194; his widow and daughters, 195; estimate of his character, 196 Milton, Richard, Milton's grandfather, 14, 15 Minshull, Elizabeth, Milton's third wife, 143; Milton's will in favour of, 194; death, _ib._ Monk, General, character of, 135 Morland, Sir Samuel, on "Paradise Lost," 163 Morus, A., his controversy with Milton, 118-119 Myers, Mr. E., on Milton's views of marriage, 91 N. Newton, Bishop, benefits Milton's granddaughter, 195 O. Ochino, B., Milton's indebtedness to, 171 "On a fair Infant," 33 P. Paget, Dr., Milton's physician, 143, 145 Palingenius, Marcellus, Milton borrows from, 164 Pamphlets, Milton's, 72, 75, 78, 79, 87, 99, 100, 108, 113, 132, 133, 136-8 "Paradise Lost," 128; four schemes for, 129; first conceived as drama, 130; manner of composition, 147; dates of, 147-150; critique of, 152-172; successive publications of, 176 "Paradise Regained," 177; criticism on, 178-180 "Passion of Christ," 32