Liber II, cap. 9. De Prima Specie Virtutum Specialium, quae ad Officium pertinent Hominis erga seThe two editions number this verse differently — Milton’s Bible divides the chapter at another point, so both numbers are right:
Latin {¶37} cap. vi. 3, &c. — …purpura—. Idem fuit in suscipiendis et aspernandis honoribus, cap. vi. 3, &c. supra istos eparchos tres, quorum Daniel primus esset—. Et Nehemia in petendis, cap. ii. 5. dixi regi, si re…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶37} vi. 2. — …en take my bread, and my water….and give it unto men? Eccles. vi. 2. a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desiret…