ABSTRACT
In a book that notes the violent tendencies of Last Wills, Milton’s Paradise Lost should not be overlooked. No more could have possibly been at stake than that which passed from Father to Son that day in heaven: Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers, Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand! This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son and on this holy hill Him have anointed whom ye now behold At my right hand. Your head I Him appoint And by Myself have sworn to Him shall bow All knees in Heav’n and shall confess Him Lord. (V.600–08) 1
