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    The Sun was sunk, and after him the Starr

    Of Hesperus, whose Office is t

    Twilight upon the Earth, short Arbiter [ 50 ]

    Twixt Day and Night, and now from end to end

    Nights Hemisphere had veild the Horizon ro<mark>?</mark>und:

    When Satan who late fl<cite>..</cite>ed before the threats

    Of Gabriel out of Eden, now improvd

    Iated fraud and malice, bent [ 55 ]

    On maruaugre what might hap

    Of heavier on himself, fearless returnd.

    By Night he fled, and at Midnight returnd.

    From passing the Earth, cautious of day,

    Since Uriel Regent of the Sun descrid [ 60 ]

    His entrance, and forewarnd the Cherubim

    That kept thir watch; thence full of anguish drivn,

    The space of seven tinud Nights he rode

    With darkness, thrice the Equinoctial <big>.９９lib?</big>Line

    He circld, four times crossd the Carr of Night [ 65 ]

    From Pole to Pole, traversing each Colure;

    On the eighth returnd, and on the Coast averse

    From entrance or Cherubic Watch, by stealth

    Found unsuspected way. There lace,

    Now not, though Sin, not Time, first wraught the ge, [ 70 ]

    Where Tigris at the foot of Paradise

    Into a Gulf shot under ground, till part

    Rose up a Fountain by the Tree of Life;

    In with the River sunk, and with it rose

    Satan involvd in rising Mist, then sought [ 75 ]

    Where to lie hid; Sea he had searcht an<mark></mark>d Land

    From Eden over Pontus, and the Poole

    M?otis, up beyond the River Ob;

    Downward as farr Antartid ih

    West from Oroo the O barrd [ 80 ]

    At Darien, theo the Land where flowes

    Ganges and Indus: thus the Orb he roamd

    With narrow search; and with iion deep

    siderd every Creature, which of all

    Most opportune might serve his Wiles, and found [ 85 ]

    The Serpent suttlest Beast of all the Field.

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