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    And noo Earthey had descrid, [ 325 ]

    to Paradise first tending, when behold

    Satan in likeness of an Angel bright

    Bet taure and tearing

    he Sun in Aries rose:

    Disguisd  those his Children dear [ 330 ]

    t soon discernd, though in disguise.

    er Eve seduct, unminded slunk

    Into t by, and changing shape

    to observe t

    By Eve, ting, seconded [ 335 ]

    Upon  sought

    Vain covertures; but when he saw descend

    to judge terrifid

    o escape, but shun

    t, fearing guiltie w h [ 340 ]

    Mig; t past, returnd

    By Nigening whe hapless Paire

    Sate in t,

    tood

    Not instant, but of future time. ith joy [ 345 ]

    And tidings fraugo urnd,

    And at t

    Of tifice, un

    Met  him came, his Ofspring dear.

    Great joy  ting, and at sight [ 350 ]

    Of t stupendious Bridge his joy encreasd.

    Long ood, till Sin, his faire

    Incing Daughe silence broke.

    O Parent, thy magnific deeds,

    trop as not thine own, [ 355 ]

    t tect:

    For I no sooner in my  divind,

    My , w harmonie

    Still moves ,

    t t prosperd, why looks [ 360 ]

    No straig

    tant from t felt

    t I must after thy Son;

    Sucal consequence unites us three:

    hell could no longer hold us in her bounds, [ 365 ]

    Nor this unvoyageable Gulf obscure

    Detain from follorious track.