the conquerd also, and enslavd by arr

    S all vertu loose

    And fear of God, from wie feignd

    In sest of Battel found no aide [ 800 ]

    Against invaders; therefore coold in zeale

    tice o live secure,

    orldlie or dissolute, on hir Lords

    So enjoy; for th shall bear

    More t temperance may be trid: [ 805 ]

    So all surn degenerate, all depravd,

    Justice and temperance, trut;

    One Man except, t

    In a dark Age, against example good,

    Against allurement, custom, and a orld [ 810 ]

    Offended; fearless of reproach and scorn,

    Or violence, hee of wicked wayes

    S

    teousness, how much more safe,

    And full of peace, denouncing o come [ 815 ]

    On tence; and surne

    Of t of God observd

    t Man alive; by his command

    S,

    to save  [ 820 ]

    A orld devote to universal rack.

    No sooner

    Select for life she Ark be lodgd,

    And serd round, but all taracts

    Of  open on th shall powre [ 825 ]

    Raine day and nigains of the Deep

    Broke up, so usurp

    Beyond all bounds, till inundation rise

    Above t

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    Out of he horned floud,

    itrees adrift

    Do River to the opning Gulf,

    And take root an Iland salt and bare,

    t of Seales and Orcs, and Sea-mews clang. [ 835 ]

    to teac God attributes to place

    No sanctitie, if none be t

    By Men herein dwell.

    And noher shall ensue, behold.