627. And show me simples of a thousand names. Compare Hamlet IV 7 145, "no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon." 634. Unknown and like esteemed: neither known nor esteemed. 635. Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon. See 2 Henry VI. IV 2 195,--"Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon," and Hamlet IV 5 26,--"By his cockle hat and staff, And his sandal shoon." 636. The story of Hermes' giving Ulysses the Moly read in Odyssey X. "Therewith the slayer of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. Moly the gods call it, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with the gods all things are possible." 638. He called it Haemony. _Haemony_ is a nonce-word of Milton's own coining. He may have derived it from a Greek word meaning _skilful_ or from another meaning _blood_. 640. mildew blast, or damp. _Blast_ is defined by Dr. Murray: "A sudden infection destructive to vegetable or animal life (formerly attributed to the blowing or breath of some malignant power, foul air, etc.)"; and _damp_: "An exhalation, a vapor or gas, of a noxious kind." 641. Or ghastly Furies' apparition: or the appearance of terrifying ghosts. 646. Entered the very lime-twigs of his spells. _Lime_ was a viscous substance, spread upon the twigs of trees and bushes to entangle the feet of birds. The figure is frequent in Shakespeare. See Hamlet III 3 68, "O limed soul, that, struggling to be free, Art more engaged." 657. apace: quickly. In the stage directions, goes about means, makes a movement. 661. as Daphne was, Root-bound, that fled Apollo. The great god, Apollo, pursuing the nymph Daphne, Diana saved her by transforming her into a laurel tree. 672. this cordial julep. _Julep_ is a word of Persian origin, meaning rose-water. Note the poet's skill in culling words of delicious sound. 675. Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena. See Odyssey IV: "Then Helen, daughter of Zeus, cast a drug into the wine whereof they drank, a drug to lull all pain and anger, and bring forgetfulness of every sorrow.... Medicines of such virtue and so helpful had the daughter of Zeus, which Polydamna, the wife of Thon, had given her, a woman of Egypt." 685. the unexempt condition: the condition from which no one is exempt. 695. These oughly-headed monsters. Perhaps by this peculiar spelling, _oughly_, Milton meant to add to the word _ugly_ a higher degree of ugliness. 698. With vizored falsehood: falsehood with its vizor, or face-piece, down, to conceal its identity. 700. With liquorish baits. _Liquorish_, now usually spelled _lickerish_, is allied to _lecherous_, and has no connection with _liquor_ or with _liquorice_. 703. The goodness of the gift lies in the intention of the giver.