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BOOK IV.

 For that warning voice,which he who aw Th' Apocalyps, heard cry in Heaven aloud, Then when the Dragon, put to econd rout, Came furious down to be reveng'd on men, Wo to the inhabitants on Earth! that now, While time was, our firt Parents had bin warnd The coming of thir ecret foe, and cap'd Haply o cap'd his mortal nare; for now Satan, now firt inflam'd with rage, came down, 10 The Tempter ere th' Accuer of man-kind, To wreck on innocent frail man his los Of that firt Battel, and his flight to Hell: Yet not rejoycing in his peed, though bold, Far off and fearles, nor with caue to boat, Begins his dire attempt, which nigh the birth Now rowling, boiles in his tumultuous bret, And like a devillih Engine back recoiles