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Rh ight of Adam and Eve; ''his wonder at thir excellent form and happy tate, but with reolution to work their fall; overhears thir dicoure, thence gathers that the Tree of knowledge was forbidden them to eat of, under penalty of death; and thereon intends to found his temptation, by educing them to transgres: then leaves them a while, to know further of thir tate by ome other means. Mean while Uriel decending on a Sun-beam warns Gabriel, who had in chage the Gate of Paradie, that ome evil pirit had ecap'd the Deep, and pat at Noon by his Sphere in the hape of a good Angel down to Paradie, dicovered after by his furious getures in the Mount. Gabriel promies to find him out ere morning. Night coming on, Adam and Eve dicoure of going to thir rest: thir Bower decrib'd; thir Evening worhip. Gabriel drawing forth his Bands of Night-watch to walk the round of Paradie, appoints two trong Angels to Adams Bower, leat the evill pirit hould be there doing ome harm to Adam or Eve leeping; there they find him at the ear of Eve, tempting her in a dream, and bring him, though unwilling, to Gabriel; by whom quetion'd, he cornfully anwers, prepares reitance, but hinder'd by a Sign from Heaven, flies out of Paradie.''

Orning approach't, Eve relates to Adam her troubleome dream; he likes it not, yet comforts her: They come forth to thir day labours: Thir Rh