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64 Whate'er his wrath, which he calls justice, bids;— His wrath, which one day will destroy ye both!"
 * HeShe [sic] spake, and at her words the hellish Pest

Forbore, then these to her Satan returned:
 * "So strange thy outcry, and thy words so strange

Thou interposest, that my sudden hand, Prevented, spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it intends, till first I know of thee What thing thou art, thus double-formed, and why, In this infernal vale first met, thou callest Me father, and that phantasm callest my son. I know thee not, nor ever saw till now Sight more detestable than him and thee."
 * To whom thus the portress of Hell-gate replied:

"Hast thou forgotten me then? and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul? once deemed so fair In Heaven; when at the assembly, and in sight Of all the Seraphim, with thee combined In bold conspiracy against Heaven's King, All on a sudden miserable pain Surprised thee, dim thine eyes, and dizzy swum In darkness, while thy head flames thick and fast Threw forth; till, on the left side opening wide, Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright,