bes; 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 +ho kyon+ (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. +pandora+, 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_."

728. ~Who~. The pronoun here relates not to the word immediately preceding
it, but to the substantive implied in the possessive pronoun _her_,
_i.e._ the sons of her who. His, her, etc., in such constructions have
their full force as genitives: comp. _L'Alleg._ 124, "her grace whom" =
the grace of her whom. ~surcharged~: