A friend of Milton's father; see Masson, Life of Milton, i. 42.
Printed at Brussels, 1865; ed. A. van Hasselt.
I take the liberty of abridging the story by omitting several details.
It had previously appeared in the fifth book of his Philocopo, a juvenile work.
But Dr. Köppel argues that the date must be several years later. See his article in Anglia, xiv. 227; and observe Chaucer's use of Dante, Par. xxxiii. 1-21, in ll. 36-56, which may, however, be due to the insertion of ll. 36-56 at a later time. His argument that the Lyf of Seint Cecyle was written after Troilus, because it contains neither forthy nor forwhy, seems to me entirely valueless. The whole Tale only contains 553 lines, whereas we find in Troilus 777 consecutive lines in which neither word occurs, viz. in V. 351-1127.