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    These past, if any pass, the void profound

    Of uial Night receives him

    Wide gaping, and with utter loss of being [ 440 ]

    Threatens him, plungd in that abortive gulf.

    If thence he scape into whatever world,

    Or unknion, what remains him less

    Then unknown dangers and as hard escape.

    But I should ill bee this Throne, O Peers, [ 445 ]

    And this Imperial Sovranty, adornd

    With splendor, armd with power, if aught proposd

    And judgd of publient, in the shape

    Of difficulty or danger could deterr

    Mee from attempting. Wherefore do I assume [ 450 ]

    These Royalties, and not refuse tn,

    Refusing to accept as great a share

    Of hazard as of honour, due alike

    To him ..Reigns, and so mu due

    Of hazard more, as he above the rest [ 455 ]

    High honourd sits? Go therefore mighty Powers,

    Terror of Heavn, though falln; intend at home,

    While here shall be our home, what best may ease

    The present misery, and render Hell

    More tollerable; if there be cure or charm [ 460 ]

    To respite or deceive, or slack the pain

    Of this ill Mansion: i no watch

    Against a wakeful Foe, whi<var>..</var>le I abroad

    Through all the Coasts of dark destru seek

    Deliverance for us all: this enterprize [ 465 ]

    None shall partake with me. Thus saying rose

    The Monarch, and prevented all reply,

    Prudent, least from his resolution raisd

    Others among the chief might offer now

    (Certain to be refusd) wha<big>?</big>t erst they feard; [ 470 ]

    And so refusd might in opinion stand

    His Rivals, winning cheap the high repute

    Which he th<bdo>99ｌib?</bdh hazard huge must earn. But they

    Dreaded not more th advehen his voice

    Forbidding; and at oh him they rose; [ 475 ]

    Thir ris<bdo></bdo>ing all at once was as the sound

    Of Thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend

    With awful reverence prone; and as a God

    Extoll him equal to the highest in Heavn:

    Nor faild they to express how much they praisd, [ 480 ]

    That for the general safety he despisd

    His own: for her do the Spirits damnd

    Loose all thir vertue; least bad men should boast

    Thir specious deeds oh, which glory excites,

    Or bition varnisht ore with zeal. [ 485 ]

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