Show ENEMY OF MILTON spite of one man embittered whole life of great poet milton a life was embittered by the contemptible spite of one salmas lus writes marle corella in the strand magazine Salmas lus was the author ol 01 the Def enslo or defense of kings a poor piece of work long ago forgotten and he was the procurer of foul libel against the author of paradise lost what small claim he has to the world s memory arises merely from his etc lous nesa tor not only did be make use of the lowest tool to aid him in conspiring against milton s reputation but he spread the grossest lies broad cast even accusing the poet of hav ing a hideous personal appearance a puny piece of man a homunculus a dwarf deprived of the human figure a contemptible pedagogue when the despicable slanderer learned the tact that milton so far from answering to this description was of a pleasing and attractive appearance he changed his tactics and began to at tack his moral character which as even milton 8 bitterest political ene mies knew was austerely above the very shadow of suspicion it waa said that the poet s in answering the calumnies of Salmas lus cost him his eyesight |