He knows nothing of Milton himself; but Milton's writings show him to be a man of a most damnable disposition, and Salmasius had once shown him (Dr.Crantzius) an English book of Milton's propounding the blasphemy "that the doctrine of the Gospel, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, concerning Divorce is devilish." Dr.
Crantzius had known Salmasius very well; and O what a man _he_ was! Nothing amiss in him, except perhaps a hasty temper, and too great subjection to a peculiar connubial fate! There was a posthumous book of Salmasius against Milton; and, should it ever appear, Milton would feel that even the dead could bite.

Dr.Crantzius had seen a portion of it; and, "Good Heavens! what a blackguard is Milton, if Salmasius may be trusted." Dr.Crantzius had known Morus both at Geneva and in Holland.

He was certainly a man often at feud with enemies and rivals, and giving them too great opportunities by his irascibility and freedom of speech.

But he was a man of high aspirations; and the late Rev.Dr.Spanheim had once told Dr.
Crantzius that Morus's only fault was that he was _altier_, as the French say, i.e.haughty.As for Milton's special accusations against Morus, Dr.Crantzius knew them for a certainty to be false.
Even after the Bontia scandal had got abroad and the lawsuit of Morus with the Salmasian household was running its course, Dr.Crantzius had heard Salmasius, who was not in the habit of praising people, speak highly of Morus.

Salmasius had admitted at the same time that his wife had injured Morus, though he could not afford to destroy his "domestic peace" by opposing her in the matter.