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which here; though plenteous; all too little seems ' 600 '
to stuff this maw; this vast unhide…bound corps。
to whom th incestuous mother thus replid。
thou therefore on these herbs; and fruits; and flours
feed first; on each beast next; and fish; and fowle;
no homely morsels; and whatever thing ' 605 '
the sithe of time mowes down; devour unspard;
till i in man residing through the race;
his thoughts; his looks; words; actions all infect;
and season him thy last and sweetest prey。
this said; they both betook them several wayes; ' 610 '
both to destroy; or unimmortal make
all kinds; and for destruction to mature
sooner or later; which th almightie seeing;
from his transcendent seat the saints among;
to those bright orders utterd thus his voice。 ' 615 '
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see with what heat these dogs of hell advance
to waste and havoc yonder world; which i
so fair and good created; and had still
kept in that state; had not the folly of man
let in these wastful furies; who impute ' 620 '
folly to mee; so doth the prince of hell
and his adherents; that with so much ease
i suffer them to enter and possess
a place so heavnly; and conniving seem
to gratifie my scornful enemies; ' 625 '
that laugh; as if transported with some fit
of passion; i to them had quitted all;
at random yielded up to their misrule;
and know not that i calld and drew them thither
my hell…hounds; to lick up the draff and filth ' 630 '
which mans polluting sin with taint hath shed
on what was pure; till crammd and gorgd; nigh burst
with suckt and glutted offal; at one sling
of thy victorious arm; well…pleasing son;
both sin; and death; and yawning grave at last ' 635 '
through chaos hurld; obstruct the mouth of hell
for ever; and seal up his ravenous jawes。
then heavn and earth renewd shall be made pure
to sanctitie that shall receive no staine:
till then the curse pronounct on both precedes。 ' 640 '
he ended; and the heavnly audience loud
sung halleluia; as the sound of seas;
through multitude that sung: just are thy ways;
righteous are thy decrees on all thy works;
who can extenuate thee? next; to the son; ' 645 '
destind restorer of mankind; by whom
new heavn and earth shall to the ages rise;
or down from heavn descend。 such was thir song;
while the creator calling forth by name
his mightie angels gave them several charge; ' 650 '
as sorted best with present things。 the sun
had first his precept so to move; so shine;
as might affect the earth with cold and heat
scarce tollerable; and from the north to call
decrepit winter; from the south to bring ' 655 '
solstitial summers heat。 to the blanc moone
her office they prescribd; to th other five
thir planetarie motions and aspects
in sextile; square; and trine; and opposite;
of noxious efficacie; and when to joyne ' 660 '
in synod unbenigne; and taught the fixt
thir influence malignant when to showre;
which of them rising with the sun; or falling;
should prove tempestuous: to the winds they set
thir corners; when with bluster to confound ' 665 '
sea; aire; and shoar; the thunder when to rowle
with terror through the dark aereal hall。
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some say he bid his angels turne ascanse
the poles of earth twice ten degrees and more
from the suns axle; they with labour pushd ' 670 '
oblique the centric globe: som say the sun
was bid turn reines from th equinoctial rode
like distant breadth to taurus with the seavn
atlantick sisters; and the spartan twins
up to the tropic crab; thence down amaine ' 675 '
by leo and the virgin and the scales;
as deep as capricorne; to bring in change
of seasons to each clime; else had the spring
perpetual smild on earth with vernant flours;
equal in days and nights; except to those ' 680 '
beyond the polar circles; to them day
had unbenighted shon; while the low sun
to repence his distance; in thir sight
had rounded still th horizon; and not known
or east or west; which had forbid the snow ' 685 '
from cold estotiland; and south as farr
beneath magellan。 at that tasted fruit
the sun; as from thyestean banquet; turnd
his course intended; else how had the world
inhabited; though sinless; more then now; ' 690 '
avoided pinching cold and scorching heate?
these changes in the heavns; though slow; producd
like change on sea and land; sideral blast;
vapour; and mist; and exhalation hot;
corrupt and pestilent: now from the north ' 695 '
of norumbega; and the samoed shoar
bursting thir brazen dungeon; armd with ice
and snow and haile and stormie gust and flaw;
boreas and c?cias and argestes loud
and thrascias rend the woods and seas upturn; ' 700 '
with adverse blast up…turns them from the south
notus and afer black with thundrous clouds
from serraliona; thwart of these as fierce
forth rush the levant and the ponent windes
eurus and zephir with thir lateral noise; ' 705 '
sirocco; and libecchio。 thus began
outrage from liveless things; but discord first
daughter of sin; among th irrational;
death introducd through fierce antipathie:
beast now with beast gan war; and fowle with fowle; ' 710 '
and fish with fish; to graze the herb all leaving;
devourd each other; nor stood much in awe
of man; but fled him; or with countnance grim
glard on him passing: these were from without
the growing miseries; which adam saw ' 715 '
alreadie in part; though hid in gloomiest shade;
to sorrow abandond; but worse felt within;
and in a troubld sea of passion tost;
thus to disburdn sought with sad plaint。
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o miserable of happie! is this the end ' 720 '
of this new glorious world; and mee so late
the glory of that glory; who now be
accurst of blessed; hide me from the face
of god; whom to behold was then my highth
of happiness: yet well; if here would end ' 725 '
the miserie; i deservd it; and would beare
my own deservings; but this will not serve;
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