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By this repulfe receiv'd, and hold'st in Hell
No triumph; in all her gates Abaddon rues
Thy bold attempt; hereafter learn with awe
To dread the Son of God: he all unarm'd
Shall chace thee with the terror of his voice
From thy demoniac holds, poffeffion foul,
Thee and thy legions; yelling they shall fly,
And beg to hide them in a herd of fwine,
Left he command them down into the deep
Bound, and to torment fent before their time.
Hail, Son of the most high, heir of both worlds,
Queller of Satan, on thy glorious work
Now enter, and begin to fave mankind.

Thus they the Son of God our Saviour meek
Sung victor, and from heavenly feast refresh'd
Brought on his way with joy; he unobferv'd
Home to his mother's house private return'd.

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PLANS

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PARADISE LOST,

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FORM OF A TRAGEDY.

FROM

MILTON'S MANUSCRIPT.

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PARADISE LOST.

The Perfons.

Mofes godoyil, recounting how he affum'd his true body; that it corrupts not, because of his [abode] with God in the mount; declares the like of Enoch and Eliah; befides the purity of the place, that certain pure winds, dews, and clouds, preserve it from corruption; whence exhorts to the fight of God; tells they cannot fee Adam in the state of innocence by reafon of their fin.

Juftice

Mercy

Wifdom

debating what should become of Man, if he fall.

Chorus of Angels fing a hymn of the creation.

Heavenly Love.

A& II.

Evening Star.

Chorus fing the marriage fong, and defcribe Paradife,

A& III.

Lucifer contriving. Adam's ruin.

Chorus fears for Adam, and relates Lucifer's rebel

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Confcience cites them to God's examination. Chorus bewails, and tells the good Adam hath loft.

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