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    t, if any pass, the void profound

    Of unessential Nig

    ide gaping, and ter loss of being [ 440 ]

    tens  abortive gulf.

    If to wever world,

    Or unknown Region, w remains him less

    then unknown dangers and as hard escape.

    But I shrone, O Peers, [ 445 ]

    And ty, adornd

    it proposd

    And judgd of public moment, in the shape

    Of difficulty or danger could deterr

    Mee from attempting. herefore do I assume [ 450 ]

    ties, and not refuse to Reign,

    Refusing to accept as great a share

    Of hazard as of honour, due alike

    to o him due

    Of  [ 455 ]

    s? Go ty Powers,

    terror of end at home,

    best may ease

    t misery, and render hell

    More tollerable; if there be cure or charm [ 460 ]

    to respite or deceive, or slack the pain

    Of termit no ch

    Against a wakeful Foe, while I abroad

    ts of dark destruction seek

    Deliverance for us all: terprize [ 465 ]

    None sake hus saying rose

    ted all reply,

    Prudent, least from ion raisd

    Ot offer now

    (Certain to be refusd)  they feard; [ 470 ]

    And so refusd migand

    e

    earn. But they

    Dreaded not more ture then his voice

    Forbidding; and at once hey rose; [ 475 ]

    t once he sound

    Of te. towards hey bend

    ith awful reverence prone; and as a God

    Extoll o t in heavn:

    Nor faild to express hey praisd, [ 480 ]

    t for ty he despisd

    s damnd

    Loose all tue; least bad men s

    tes,

    Or clos ambition varnish zeal. [ 485 ]