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QUAIL ‐‐‐‐‐‐ Outlines for Tragedies, Trinity MS ( CPW 8: 555) Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce ( CPW 2: 300) Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio ( CW 7: 280; CPW 4: 428) ‐‐‐‐‐‐ Among other biblical subjects that Milton considers for treatment as tragedy, the Trinity College Manuscript lists “the quails num. 11” ( CPW 8: 555). 1 The reference is to an episode in the wilderness sojourn of the Israelites, when the people, complaining about having nothing to eat but manna, “fell a lusting” after “flesh” (Num.11.4). As Moses realizes, their lust for flesh means that they are dissatisfied with his—and by implication, God's—leadership. God's response is swift: he puts his spirit upon seventy elders so that they can share with Moses the burden of leadership; and he causes quails in huge numbers to fall on the ground around the camp. The spirit is so powerful that it causes the elders to prophesy; the quails are so numerous that it takes thirty‐six hours to gather them. Then, when the people begin eating the quails, they (as the quails had done) fall dead. How Milton would have transformed this complex vindication of God's providence into a tragedy is hinted at http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Milton Quarterly Wiley

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Milton Quarterly , Volume 42 (4) – Dec 1, 2008

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© 2008 The Author. Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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0026-4326
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1094-348X
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10.1111/j.1094-348X.2008.00204_1.x
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‐‐‐‐‐‐ Outlines for Tragedies, Trinity MS ( CPW 8: 555) Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce ( CPW 2: 300) Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio ( CW 7: 280; CPW 4: 428) ‐‐‐‐‐‐ Among other biblical subjects that Milton considers for treatment as tragedy, the Trinity College Manuscript lists “the quails num. 11” ( CPW 8: 555). 1 The reference is to an episode in the wilderness sojourn of the Israelites, when the people, complaining about having nothing to eat but manna, “fell a lusting” after “flesh” (Num.11.4). As Moses realizes, their lust for flesh means that they are dissatisfied with his—and by implication, God's—leadership. God's response is swift: he puts his spirit upon seventy elders so that they can share with Moses the burden of leadership; and he causes quails in huge numbers to fall on the ground around the camp. The spirit is so powerful that it causes the elders to prophesy; the quails are so numerous that it takes thirty‐six hours to gather them. Then, when the people begin eating the quails, they (as the quails had done) fall dead. How Milton would have transformed this complex vindication of God's providence into a tragedy is hinted at

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Published: Dec 1, 2008

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