...gamesome mood," picks up on Satan's sarcastic punning and, in even worse taste, continues the verbal jest: Leader, the terms we sent were terms of weight, Of hard contents, and full of force urg'd home, Such as we might perceive amus'd them all, And stumbl'd many. (6.621-24) The devils, it seems, are...
For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result. 
