The Dean and Chapter of Westminster reclaimed a considerable property which had passed out of their hands in the Civil War.

The Serjeant-at-Arms had no doubt made all out of his captive that the Commons would let him.

On the whole, Milton appears to have saved about L1500 from the wreck of his fortunes, and to have possessed about L200 income from the interest of this fund and other sources, destined to be yet further reduced within a few years.

The value of money being then about three and a half times as great as now, this modest income was still a fair competence for one of his frugal habits, even when burdened with the care of three daughters.

The history of his relations with these daughters is the saddest page of his life.
"I looked that my vineyard should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes." If any lot on earth could have seemed enviable to an imaginative mind and an affectionate heart, it would have been that of an Antigone or a Romola to a Milton.