707. ~budge doctors of the Stoic fur~. Budge is lambskin with the wool dressed outwards, worn on the edge of the hoods of bachelors of arts, etc. Therefore, if both _budge_ and _fur_ be taken literally the line is tautological. But 'budge' has the secondary sense of 'solemn,' like a doctor in his robes; and 'fur' may be used figuratively in the sense of _sect_, just as "the cloth" is used to denote the clergy. The whole phrase would thus be equivalent to 'solemn doctors of the Stoic sect.' It is possible that Milton makes equivocal reference to the two senses of 'budge.' 708. ~the Cynic tub~ = the tub of Diogenes the Cynic, here put in contempt for the Cynic school of Greek philosophy, which was the forerunner of the Stoic system. Diogenes, one of the early Cynics, lived in a tub, and was fond of calling himself ὁ κύων (the dog). 709. ~the~: here used generically. 711. ~unwithdrawing~. In this participle the termination _-ing_ seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp. "_all-obeying_ breath" (= obeyed by all), _A. and C._ iii. 13, 77. Nature's gifts are not only full but continuous. 714. ~all to please ... curious taste~. _All_ = entirely, here modifies the infinitives please and sate. _Curious_ = fastidious: its original sense is 'careful' or 'anxious.' Compare the two senses of _exquisite_, note l. 359. 715. ~set~, _i.e._ she set. The pronominal subject is omitted. 717. ~To deck~: infinitive of purpose. 718. ~in her own loins~, _i.e._ in the bowels of the earth. 719. ~hutched~ = stored up, enclosed. _Hutch_ is an old word for chest or coffer, chiefly used now in the compound 'rabbit-hutch.' 720. ~To store her children with~, _i.e._ _wherewith_ to store her children. Or we may read, 'in order to store her children with (them).' 'Store' = provide. 721. ~pet of temperance~, _i.e._ a sudden and transitory fit of temperance. ~pulse~. So Daniel and his three companions refused the dainties of the King of Babylon and fed on pulse and water; _Dan._ i. 722. ~frieze~, coarse woollen cloth. 723. ~All-giver~. Comp. Gk. πανδώρα, an epithet applied to the earth as the giver of all. 725. 'And we should serve him as (if he were) a grudging master and a penurious niggard of his wealth, and (we should) live like Nature's bastards': see _Hebrews_ xii. 8, "If ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye _bastards, and not sons_."