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Filia quà Cereris periit, dum gramine molli
Formofos legeret flores formofior ipfa :

Non his vel Daphnes filva aurea, Orontis ad alta
Flumina, Caftaliique arcana oracula fontis;
Tritonifve almis humescens Nyfa fluentis,

Qua Chamus Pater (hunc Gentes Ammona Jovemque
Dixerunt Lybicum) puerum cum matre tenellum
Celabat, metuens furias fraudesque Novercæ.
Nec vero eximio contenderit ipfe decore

Mons Amara (Ethiopum reges quà solibus uftam
Tutantur fobolem) rutilis ad nubila faxis
Ascendens; iter æftivæ, quam longa, diei.
Hic Satanas nullâ mentem dulcedine tactus
Delicias vidit varias, loca læta, beatos
Indigenas, & cuncta novi miracula mundi.

At Bini, quêis forma aderat præftantior, atque Os
Erectum, nudæ Par majestatis honore
Veftitum ingenuo, rerum patuere Tyranni,

Her felf a fairer Flow'r, by gloomy Dis
Was gather'd; which coft Ceres all that pain
To feek her through the world: nor that fweet Grove
Of Daphne by Orontes, and th' infpir'd
Caftalian Spring, might with this Paradise
Of Eden ftrive: nor that Nyfeian Isle
Girt with the River Triton, where old Cham,
(Whom Gentiles Ammon call, and Lybian Jove)
Hid Amalthea, and her florid Son

Young Bacchus, from his Stepdame Rhea's eye:

Nor where Abaffin Kings their Iffue guard,
Mount Amara (though this by fome fuppos'd
True Paradife) under the Ethiop Line
By Nilus head, enclos'd with fhining Rock,
A whole day's journey high; but wide remote
From this Affyrian Garden: where the Fiend
Saw undelighted all delight, all kind
Of living Creatures, new to fight, and ftrange,
Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall,
Godlike erect, with native Honour clad,

Et

Et digni patuere. Parentis imagine magni

Altior induerat claros Sapientia vultus,

Sancta Fides, firma Integritas, Pietafque fupremum

Sponte colens fine lege Patrem: hinc Reverentia major
Subfequitur, verumque Decus. Sed difpare Sexu

Diverfæ elucent Dotes. Hic ad ardua dona

Confilii ingentis, Virtutisque ausa severæ
Compofitus; blandis Illa Artibus apta placendi;
Unius Hic fub jura DEI, Sponfi Illa Deique.
Huic Frons magna patens & Lumina celfa fatentur
Imperium fublime; altoque à vertice fufa,
Ordinibus divifa æquis, hyacinthina pendet
Cæfaries; denfo & defcendens agmine, latè
Marmoreâ cervice humerifque recumbit in amplis.
Illam aureæ fine more comæ, fine lege vagantes,
Ufque etiam medium, quâ parte gracillima, corpus
Ceu velo decorant, luduntque hinc inde folutis
Orbibus, ut tenera inflectit fibi germina Vitis.

In naked Majefty feem'd Lords of all;
And worthy feem'd: for in their looks Divine
The Image of their glorious Maker shone,
Truth, Wisdom, Sanctitude fevere and pure,
Severe; but in true filial freedom plac'd;
Whence true authority in men: though both
Not equal, as their Sex not equal feem'd:
For contemplation He and valour form'd;
For Softnefs She, and sweet attractive Grace;

He, for God only; fhe, for GOD in Him.
His fair large Front and Eye fublime declar'd
Abfolute rule; and Hyacinthin Locks
Round from his parted forelock manly hung
Cluftring, but not beneath his shoulders broad.
She, as a veil, down to the flender waist
Her unadorned golden treffes wore
Disfhevel'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd,
As the Vine curls her tendrils: which imply'd

Scilicet

Scilicet his fignis ultro fefe ipfa marito

Ceffuram oftendit; modo mollibus Ille decorum
Imperiis reprimat faftum, moderamine leni

Dulce reluctantem fuperans & dulce morantem.
Tempore non illo membra illa arcana latebant;
Necdum inhoneftus Honor tentârat corda, Pudorque
Infamis, Scelerum proles. Heu Nomina falsa
Virtutum, vanisque leves prætextibus Umbræ,
Quantum res hominum ftudio turbâstis inani!
Flos vitæ vitalis abit; fugit optima morum
Simplicitas; puræ perierunt Gaudia mentis.

Sic curfum nudi duxere, nec ora Seraphum
Nec fummi metuere DEI; nam pectore puro
Nil fibi confcivere, ulnis per mutua nexis
Impliciti; quales non deinde amplexibus unquam
Junxit Amor; post se natis formofior Ille,
Illa fuper cunctas longe pulcherrima natas.
Gramineo tum membra toro posuere sub umbrâ

Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway;
And by her yielded, by him beft receiv'd:
Yielded with coy fubmiffion, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

Nor those mysterious parts were then conceal'd;
Then was not guilty Shame, dishonest Shame
Of Nature's Works, Honour dishonourable,
Sin-bred, how have ye troubled all mankind
With fhews instead, mere fhews, of feeming Pure;

And banish'd from man's life his happiest life,
Simplicity, and spotless innc cenee!

So pafs'd they naked on, nor fhun'd the fight
Of GoD or Angel; for they thought no ill.
So hand in hand they pafs'd, the loveliest pair
That ever fince in love's embraces met;
Adam the goodlieft man of men fince born
His Sons; the fairest of her Daughters Eve.
Under a tuft of shade, that on a green

Verticis

Verticis arborei, zephyris ftrepitante canoris
Propter aquæ rivum egelida; hortenfifque laboris
Sat tantum exacto, placidis fruerentur ut auris
Lætius, & requies lentis magis alma placeret,
Utque fiti melius fuadente fameque falubri
Gauderent, cœnæ accumbunt; fructufque revellunt
Nectareos, fructus, quos ipfa volentia dextris
Germina tendebant, molli ut federe reclines
In ripâ, variorum illufâ flore colorum.
Pomorum pafcuntur opes, lymphafque cavato
Cortice fufcipiunt rivis falientibus haustas,
Unde ardens reftincta fitis. Nec mollia deerant
Blandimenta, joci, illecebræ, rifufque placentes,
Par decet ut tenerum, felici fœdere junctos,
Sola fuper lætis carpentes otia campis.

At Pecudes circum variæ (quêis deinde feroces
Acceffere animi) quot Deferta avia, Silvæ,
Quot Saltus aut Antra tenent, faliere petulcæ.

Stood whifp'ring foft, by a fresh fountain fide
They fat them down; and after no more toil
Of their sweet gard'ning labour, than fuffic'd
To recommend cool Zephyr, and made ease
More easy, wholsome thirft, and appetite
More grateful; to their Supper-Fruits they fell:
Nectarine Fruits, which the compliant boughs
Yielded them, fide-long as they fat recline
On the foft downy bank damask'd with flow'rs.

The favoury pulp they chew, and in the rind,
Still as they thirfted, scoop the brimming stream.
Nor gentle purpose, nor endearing fmiles
Wanted, nor youthful dalliance, as beseems
Fair couple, link'd in happy nuptial League,
Alone as they. About them frisking plaid
All Beafts of th' Earth, fince wild, and of all
chase,

In Wood, or Wildernefs, Foreft, or Den;

Ipfe Leo exercet lufus, Hædumque tenellum
Unguibus innocuis agitat; cum Tigribus Urfi
Informes, Pardi Lyncefque, abnormibus una
Mifcentur choreis: quin magnâ mole laborans
Sese Elephas vasto contorquet corpore, lætos
Concilians rifus, facilemque Probofcida flectit.
Tum Serpens variæ verfans longa agmina caudæ
Errabat finuofus, inextricabile textum
Subdolus involvens, & fraudis figna futuræ,
Jam minus obfervata, dabat. Pars altera campo
Strata jacet temere, & depaftas ruminat herbas
Securum recubans; molles petit altera fomnos:
Pronus in Oceanum nam Sol temone ruebat
Præcipiti, & fummo tacitæ prænuntia noctis
Sidera furgebant cœlo. Dein lumina mæsta
Obtutu longum Satanas defixus in uno
Hæc tandem trifti obluctans vix protulit ore:
Heu

quæ oculos ingrata meos Spectacla morantur ?

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