With the LIFE of the AUTHOR, and a LONDON: Printed for JAMES, JOHN, and PAUL KNAPTON, M. DCC. XXXIV. Then his Mind; Afterwards You shall be Acquainted with the Principal Occurrences of his Life; his Provision for Maintenance; and Lastly, I will Confider the General Character of his Life, as to Happiness, by Comparing in very few Words his Sufferings and Enjoy ments. His He was rather a Middle Siz'd than a Little Man, and Well Proportion'd; Latterly he was-No; Not Short and Thick, but he would have been So, had he been Somthing Shorter and Thicker than he Was. Deportment was Manly and Resolute, but with a Gentlemanly Affability. in his Habit Plain, Clean, and Neat. his Voice was Musically Agreeable. When Young he was Esteem'd Handsom, Chiefly I believe because he had a Fine Skin, and a Fresh Complexion. his Hair was a Light Brown, which he wore Parted atop, and Somwhat Flat, Long, and Waving, a little Curl'd. the Print Prefix'd shows the Face of him who Wrote Paradise Lost, the Face We Chiefly defire to be Acquainted with, 'tis done from a Picture which I have reason to believe he Sate for not long before his Death, I have therefore given a little more Vigour to the Print, and but a Little. the Complexion must be Imagin'd as of One who had been Fair and Fresh Colour'd. Toland fays he was Ruddy to the Last, My Picture and other Information does not tell us That, but that that he might have been So not long before. the Colour of his Eyes inclin'd to Blue, not Deep; and though Sightless, they were as he fays Himself, Clear to Outward View of Blemish or of Spot; he was Told So, and 'tis Certain the Gutta Serena (which was His Cafe) does not appear to Common Eyes, and at a little Distance; but Blindness, even of That Kind is Visible, in the Colour, Motion, and Look of the Eye which has the sad Unhappiness of being Extinguish'd by it. 'tis Wonderfully Exprest in the Picture from Whence this Print was made, as well as the Sett of the Mouth, and the rest of the Air. I have Imitated it as well as I could in a Way of Working which I Never Practic'd but on a Few Plates, and Those in my Youth, except an Attempt on One or Two near 20 Years ago. the Laurel is not in the Picture, the two Lines under it are my Reason for putting it There, not what Otherwise would have been Imagin'd. All the World has given it him long fince. One that had Often seen him, told me he us'd to come to a House where He Liv'd, and he has also Met him in the Street, Led by Millington, the fame who was fo Famous an Auctioneer of Books about the time of the Revolution, and Since. This Man was then a Seller of Old Books in Little Britain, and Milton lodg'd at his house. This was 3 or 4 Years before he Dy'd. he then wore no Sword A 3 |