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Scalar Milton

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That in his womb was hid metallic Ore

Duncan, Edgar Hill. "The Natural History of Metals and Minerals in the Universe of Milton's Paradise Lost." Osiris 11.1 (1954): 386. Web.

This paper describes that the metallic Ore could be Gold or Silver based on the time period it was written.
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