368 Albert S. Cook, Notes on Milton's Nativity Ode. 



238. Babe. Cf. 16, 151, 222, 227. 



240. youngest-teemed. Latest born. 



star. Cf. PL. 12. 360; P.R. 1. 249 ff. It is still dark. 



241. car. Chariot. 



242. handmaid. The first instance of the word as attributive in 

 English. The star is represented as feminine (because of Lat. stella ?). 



lamps. So of stars in P.L. 8. 250; 9. 104; Com. 198. Cf. 

 Greek la^nvi. 



243. courtly. ' Serving as a royal residence ' (L.) 



244. Bright-harnessed. Clothed in bright armor. See 114. 

 order. See ranks, 114. 



serviceable. ' Ready or prepared for service ' (L.). 

 Cf. Upon the Circumcision 1 ff. 



Yale University. Albert S. Cook. 



