Nor here in Basel do I find men's opinion of him different from that in Holland of those who like him least." The fresh, particulars of information that Milton had received about Morus and his alleged misdeeds are unsparingly brought out.

The name of the woman of bad character at Geneva with whom Morus was said to have been implicated there, and the scandal about whom had driven him from Geneva, has now been ascertained by Milton.

It was Claudia Pelletta; and of her name, and all the topographical details of Morus's alleged meetings with her, there is enough and more than enough.

Claudia Pelletta at Geneva, and Bontia at Leyden, pull Morus between them page after page: not that they only have claims, for in one sentence we hear of an insulted widow somewhere in Holland, and in another of a dubious female figure seen one rainy night with Morus in a street in Amsterdam.

But Bontia is still Milton's favourite.