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 In utter darkness, & thir portion set As farr remov'd from God and light of Heav'n As from the Center thrice to th' utmost pole. O how unlike the place from whence they fell! There the companions of his fall orewhelmd With floods & whirlwinds of tempestuous fire, Hee soone discernes, & weltring by his side One next himselfe in power & next in crime, Long after known in Palestine, and nam'd Beelzebub. To whom th' Arch-enemy, And thence in Heav'n call'd Satan, with bold words Breaking the horrid silence thus began. If thou beest he, But O how fal'n how chang'd From him who in the happie realmes of light Cloth'd with transcendent brightnesse didst outshine Myriads though bright: if hee whom mutuall league, United thoughts & counsells, equall hope, And hazard in the glorious enterprize Joynd with me once, now misery hath joynd In equall ruin: into what pit thou seest From what highth fall'n, so much the stronger prov'd Hee with his thunder: and till then who knew The force of those dire arm's? yet not for those