380. ~all to-ruffled~. Milton wrote "all to ruffled," which may be interpreted in various ways: (1) all to-ruffled, (2) all too ruffled, (3) all-to ruffled. The first of these is given in the text as it is etymologically correct: _to_ is an intensive prefix as in 'to-break' = to break in pieces; 'to-tear' = to tear asunder, etc.; while _all_ (= quite) is simply an adverb modifying _to-ruffled_. But about 1500 A.D. this idiom was misunderstood, and the prefix _to_ was detached from the verb and either read along with _all_ (thus all-to = altogether), or confused with _too_ (thus all-to = too too, decidedly too). It is doubtful in which sense Milton used the phrase; like Shakespeare, he may have disregarded its origin. See Morris, § 324; Abbott, §§ 28, 436. 381. ~He that has light~, etc. Comp. _Par. Lost_, i. 254: 'The mind is its own place,' etc. 382. ~centre~, _i.e._ centre of the earth: comp. _Par. Lost_ i. 686, "Men also ... Ransacked the _centre_"; and _Hymn Nat._ 162, "The aged Earth ... Shall from the surface to the _centre_ shake." Sometimes the word 'centre' was used of the Earth itself, the _fixed_ centre of the whole universe according to the Ptolemaic system. The idea here conveyed, however, is not that of immovability (as in _Par. Reg._ iv. 534, "as a _centre_ firm") but of utter darkness. 385. ~his own dungeon~: comp. _Sams. Agon._ 156, "Thou art become (O worst imprisonment!) The _dungeon_ of thyself." 386. ~most affects~: has the greatest liking for. It now generally denotes rather a feigned than a real liking: comp. _pretend_. Lines 386-392 may be compared with _Il Pens._ 167-174. 393. ~Hesperian tree~. An allusion to the tree on which grew the golden apples of Juno, which were guarded by the Hesperides and the sleepless dragon Ladon. Hence the reference to the 'dragon watch': comp. Tennyson's _Dream of Fair Women_, 255, "Those dragon eyes of anger'd Eleanor Do hunt me, day and night." See also ll. 981-983. 395. ~unenchanted~, superior to all the powers of enchantment, not to be enchanted. Similarly Milton has 'unreproved' for 'not reprovable,' 'unvalued' for 'invaluable,' etc.; and Shakespeare has 'unavoided' for 'inevitable,' 'imagined' for 'imaginable,' etc. Abbott (§ 375) says: The passive participle is often used to signify, not that which _was_ and _is_, but that which _was_ and therefore _can be hereafter_; in other words _-ed_ is used for _-able_. 396. Compare Chaucer, _Doctor's Tale_, 44, "She flowered in virginity, With all humility and abstinence." 398. ~unsunned~, hidden. Comp. _Cym._ ii. 5. 13, "As chaste as _unsunned_ snow"; _F. Q._ ii. 7, "Mammon ... _Sunning_ his treasure hoar." 400. ~as bid me hope~, etc. The construction is, 'as (you may) bid me (to) hope (that) Danger will wink on Opportunity and (that Danger will) let a single helpless maiden pass uninjured.'