ate, which far

    Outsh of Ormus and of Ind,

    Or  hand

    Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl and Gold,

    Satan exalted sat, by merit raisd [ 5 ]

    to t bad eminence; and from despair

    ted beyond hope, aspires

    Beyond tiate to pursue

    Vain arr aught

    ions thus displaid. [ 10 ]

    Poies of heavn,

    For since no deep hin her gulf can hold

    Immortal vigor, t and falln,

    I give not . From t

    Celestial vertues rising, will appear [ 15 ]

    More glorious and more dread then from no fall,

    And trust to fear no second fate:

    Mee t rig Laws of heavn

    Did first create your Leader, next free choice,

    it besides, in Counsel or in Fight, [ 20 ]

    , yet this loss

    t least recoverd, h much more

    Establishrone

    Yielded . tate

    In y, might draw [ 25 ]

    Envy from eac who here

    ill envy w place exposes

    Formost to stand against thunderers aim

    Your bulo greatest share

    Of endless pain? when no good [ 30 ]

    For rive, no strife can grohere

    From Faction; for none sure will claim in hell

    Precedence, none, wion is so small

    Of present pain, t ious mind

    ill covet more. itage then [ 35 ]

    to union, and firm Faith, and firm accord,

    More turn

    to claim our just inance of old,

    Surer to prosper ty

    Could  best way, [ 40 ]