【】sparteded,

andhreboundingsurgethebarsassailed,

thatsedhisindignation:throughthegate,

anpassed,

andallaboutfounddesolate;forthose,

appoiositthere,hadlefttheircharge,

flootheupperherestwereall

fartotheinlaired,aboutthewalls

ofpandeniucityandproudseat

oflucifer,sobyallusioncalled

ofthatbrightstartosatanparagoned;

therekepttheirchthelegions,hegrand

inuncilsat,solie

ghtintercepttheireeroursent;sohe

departinggavend,andtheyobserved.

ashisrussianfoe,

byastra,overthesnowyplains,

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retires;orbathehos

ofturkishcrest,leavesallebeyond

therealfaladule,inhisretreat

totaurisorcasbeen:sothese,thelate

heavenbanishedhost,leftdesartutsthell

nyadarkleague,reduh

rouropolis;andnoing

eathesearch

nidstunrked,

inshoilitant

oflothedoor

ofthatplutonianhall,invisible

asdedhishighthroe

ofrichesttexturespread,attheupperend

re.downawhile

hesat,androundabouthiawunseen:

atlast,asfrocloud,hisfulgenthead

andshapestarbrightappeared,hter;clad

hissiveglorysincehisfall

,orfalseglitter:allazed

atthatsosuddenblazethestygianthrong

benttheiraspedtheywishedbeheld,

theirghtychiefretued:loud:

forthrushedinhastethegreatnsultingpeers,

raisedfroheirdarkdivan,andhlikejoy

ngratulantapproachedhihhand

silendhthesetention,won.

thrones,donations,princedo,virtues,powers;

forinpossessionsuotonlyht,

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icallye,anddeclareyenoued

suessfulbeyondhope,toleadyeforth

triuhantoutofthisinfealpit

abonable,aursed,thehouseofwoe,

anddungeonofourtyrant:nowpossess,

aslords,aspaciousoouativeheaven

littleinferiour,byadventurehard

hperilgreatachieved.longotell

ihavedone;suffered;hpain

voyagedthunreal,vast,unboundeddeep

ofhorriblenfusion;overh

bysinahabroadwaynowispaved,

toexpediteyloriousrch;buti

toiledoutunuthpassage,forcedtoride

theuntractableabyss,pluheb

ofuninalnightandchaoswild;

that,jealousoftheirsecrets,fiercelyopposed

joueystrange,orousuproar

protestingfatesupre;thencehowifound

theneeinheaven

longhadforetold,afabriderful

ofabsoluteperfean

plaaparadise,byourexile

dehappy:hiyfraudihaveseduced

froisoretoencrease

yourhanapple;he,thereat

offended,hyhterhathgivenup

bothhisbelovedn,andallhisworld,

tosinahaprey,andsotous,

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