Liber II, cap. 15. De Officiis erga Proximum Mutuis, et speciatim PrivatisThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶6} Mal. ii. 13, 14, 15. — …ut infirmiori tribuentes honorem—. Contrarium reprehenditur. Mal. ii. 13, 14, 15. Jehova testificatus est inter te et uxorem adolescentiæ tuæ, contra quam tu perfide agis—. Prov. v. 20,…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶6} Mal. ii. 13, 14, &c. — …the wife, as unto the weaker vessel. The contrary is reproved Mal. ii. 13, 14, &c. Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherou…