[744. It] refers back to beauty.
[748. homely;] in the modern disparaging sense.
[750. grain:] color.
[751. To ply], or make, a sampler, as a proof of her skill with the needle, was, until very modern times, the duty of every young girl. The old samplers are now precious heirlooms in families. to tease the huswife’s wool. To tease wool, or to card it, was to use the teasle, or a card, to prepare it for spinning. Carding and spinning were common duties of the huswife and her daughters.
[753.] In what respect can tresses be said to be like the morn?
[760. when vice can bolt her arguments.] There are two verbs, spelled alike, bolt. One means to sift, and is used often of arguments and reasonings. To bolt arguments is to construct them with logical care and precision. The other bolt means to shoot forth or blurt out. We may take our choice of the two words.
[773.] How is the line to be scanned?
[780. Or have I said enow?] In the edition of Comus published in 1645 this passage reads, Or have I said enough? In the edition of 1673, the latest that he revised, Milton changed enough to enow. Grammatically, enough is the better form, as the Elizabethan usage favored enough for the form of the adjective with singular nouns and for the adverb, and enow as the adjective with plurals. It would seem that the poet must have had some motive of euphony for the change he made.
[788. thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know.] A Latinism: dignus es qui non cognoscas.
[793. the uncontrolled worth Of this pure cause:] the invincible power inherent in the cause by virtue of its nature.