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 [  ]n while the winged Haralds by [ ]mmand [ ] sovran power, with awfull ceremony [ ] trumpets sound throughout the host proclaime [ ]olemn councell forthwith to be held [ ] Pandæmonium, the high Capitall [ ] Satan and his peers: thir summons call'd [ ]om every band and squared regiment By place or choice the worthiest; they anon [ ]ith hundreds and with thousands trooping came Attended: all accesse was throng'd, the gates And porches wide, but chiefe the spacious hall (Though like a cover'd feild, where champions bold Wont ride in arm'd, and at the Soldans chair Defy'd the best of Paynim chivalry To mortall combat or carreer with lance) Thick swarm'd, both on the ground and in the air, Brusht with the hisse of russling wings. As bees In spring time, when the sun with Taurus rides, Poure forth thir populous youth about the hive In clusters, they among fresh dews and flowers Flie to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of thir straw built cittadell, New rub'd with baume, expatiate and conferr Thir state affairs. So thick the aerie crowd Swarm'd and were straitn'd; till the signall giv'n Behold a wonder! they but now who seemd