...three years' standing, had come up in this year to read Latin with John Milton, whom he describes as " a Gentleman of Great Note for Learning throughout...accurate Pieces he had written on various Subjects and Occasions." Ellwood had already suffered imprisonment at Oxford under suspicion of complicity with...

...Ellwood's critical pronouncements were of great service to the poet. Elsewhere he describes Milton as a ' gentleman of great note for learning throughout...accurate pieces he had written on various subjects and occasions '. some unspecified occasion, after 1665. It was licensed for publication on July 2, 1670....

...Ellwood has left a record of this meeting: "HeM had an intimate Acquaintance with Dr. Paget, a Physician of Note in London; and he with John .Milton, a Gentleman...accurate Pieces he had Written, on various Subjects and Occasions. Thus, by the mediation fit my Friend Isaac Pcninglon with Dr. Payct, and of Dr. Paget with...

...and contriving a means for my assistance. He had an intimate acquaintance with Dr. Paget, a physician of note in London, and he with John Milton, a gentleman...accurate pieces he had written on various subjects and occasions. 1 February 1662. "Conversation" had a wider meaning of way of life and intercourse with...

...speaking of the Law and the Prophets. A writer of his own day, Thomas Elhvood, could speak of Milton as 'a gentleman of great note for learning throughout...accurate pieces he had written on various subjects and occasions.' Such language would be absurd now. We may be practically certain from other considerations...