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Atan having compat the Earth, with meditated guile returns as a mit by Night into Paradie, enters into the Serpent leeping. Adam and Eve in the Morning go forth to thir labours, which Eve propoes to divide in everal place, each labouring apart: Adam conents not, alledging the danger, let that Enemy, of whom they were forewarn'd, hould attempt her found alone: Eve loath to be thought not circumpect or firm enough, urge her going apart, the rather deirous to make a tryal of her trength; Adam at lat yields: The Serpent finds her alone: his ubtle approach, firt gazing, the peaking, with much flattery extolling Eve about all other Creatures. Eve wondring to hear the Serpent peak, asks how he attain'd to human peech and uch undertanding not till now; the Serpent anwers, that by tating of a certain Tree in the Garden he attain'd both to Speech and Reaon, till then void of both: Eve requires him to bring her to that Tree, and finds it to be the Tree of Knowledge forbidden: The Serpent now grown bolder, with many wiles and arguments induces her at length to eat; he pleas'd with the tate deliberates a while whether to impart thereof to Adam or not, at lat brings him of the Fruit, relates what perwaded her to eat thereof: Adam at firt amaz'd, but perceiving her lot, reolves through vehemence of love to perih with her; and extennuating the trpas, eats alo of the Fruit: the Effects Rh