Liber II, cap. 4. De Cultu ExternoThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶5} Ezech. xiv. 13, &c. — …um propter puerum—. 1 Reg. xix. 4. expetebat apud se mori—. Ezech. xiv. 13, &c. etiamsi essent hi tres viri in ea, Noach, Daniel, et Job, ipsi—. Matt. xx. 22. nescitis quid petatis. 2…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶5} Ezek. xiv. 14. — …1 Kings xix. 4. he requested for himself that he might die. Ezek. xiv. 14. though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, &c.—. Matt. xx. 22. ye know not what ye ask. 2 Co…