1645 Milton Colasterion Works IV (1851) 362: Rather then spend words with this fleamy clodd of an Antagonist [...] I will not now contend whether it be a greater cause.at clod, n.1
1650 Milton Defence of the People of England (1692) Pref. xxi: We had a discreet and intelligent Adversary, and not such a hair-brain’d Blunderbuss as you, to deal with.at blunderbuss, n.1
1650 Milton Defence of the People of England (1692) Pref. xviii: Thou dolt [...] and a Jack-straw, who dependest on the good will of thy Masters for a poor Stipend.at jack straw (n.) under jack, n.1
1692 Milton Defence of the People of Eng. 119: Leave off playing the fool with Bees; they belong to the Muses, and hate, and (you see) confute such a Beetle as you are.at beetle, n.1
1692 Milton Defence of the People of Eng. in Works (1851) 185: Till you light [...] upon a Stipend large enough for a Knight of the Grammar, or an Illustrious Critick on Horseback .at ...the grammar under knight of the..., n.