The moon was compared to Satan's shield, and Milton was preparing us then for this radically ambiguous status of this providential moon.

月亮在这里被比作撒旦的盾，弥尔顿准备着让我们了解到这个充满神意的月亮,所处的基本的暧昧不清的地位。

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