Every distinguished foreigner then resident in London, Milton says, either called upon him to congratulate him, or took the opportunity of a casual meeting.

By May, says Heinsius, five editions were printed or printing in Holland, and two translations.
"I had expected nothing of such quality from the Englishman," writes Vossius.

The Diet of Ratisbon ordered "that all the books of Miltonius should be searched for and confiscated." Parisian magistrates burned it on their own responsibility.

Salmasius himself was then at Stockholm, where Queen Christina, who did not, like Catherine II., recognize the necessity of "standing by her order," could not help letting him see that she regarded Milton as the victor.

Vexation, some thought, contributed as much as climate to determine his return to Holland.