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Book 1.
Paradiſe loſt.
Or Fountain ſome belated Peaſant ſees, Or dreams he ſees, while over head the Moon Sits Arbitreſs, and neerer to the Earth Wheels her pale courſe, they on thir mirth & dance Intent, with jocond Muſic charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Thus incorporeal Spirits to ſmalleſt forms Reduc’d their ſhapes immenſe, and were at large, 790Though without number ſtill amidſt the Hall Of that infernal Court. But far within And in thir own dimenſions like themſelves The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In cloſe receſs and ſecret conclave ſat A thouſand Demy-Gods on golden ſeat's, Frequent and full. After ſhort ſilence then And ſummons read, the great conſult began.

The End of the Firſt Book.

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