In his disturbance; when his darling Sons

Abolish his own works. This would surpass [ 370 ]

By force or suttlety: Though Heavn be shut,

The utmost border of his Kingdom, left

The punie habitants, or if not drive,

And Heavns high Arbitrator sit secure

Common rev九*九*藏*書enge, and interrupt his joy

And where thir weakness, how attempted best,

All as our own, and drive as we were driven,

In our Confusion, and our Joy upraise

To waste his whole Creation, or possess [ 365 ]

Sparkld in all thir eyes; with full assent

Ple九_九_藏_書aded his devilish Counsel, first devisd

Pleasd highly those infernal States, and joy

In his own strength, this place may lye exposd [ 360 ]

To their defence who hold it: here perhaps

Thir frail Original, and faded bliss, [ 375 ]

They vote: whereat his speec九-九-藏-書h he thus renews.

The great Creatour? But thir spite still serves [ 385 ]

Seduce them to our Party, that thir God

May prove thir foe, and with repenting hand

Hatching vain Empires. Thus Beelzebub

By sudden onset, either with Hell fire

So deep a malice, to conf九*九*藏*書ound the race

To mingle and involve, done all to spite

His glory to augment. The bold design

Attempting, or to sit in darkness here

By Satan, and in part proposd: for whence, [ 380 ]

Faded so soon. Advise if this be worth

Of mankind in one root, and Earth with Hell九九藏書

Or substance, how endud, and what thir Power,

Thither let us bend all our thoughts, to learn

What creatures there inhabit, of what mould, [ 355 ]

Som advantagious act may be achievd

Hurld headlong to partake with us, shall curse

But from the Author of all ill could Spring