Common revenge, and interrupt his joy

By force or suttlety: Though Heavn be shut,

By sudden onset, either with Hell fire

By Satan, and in part proposd: for whence, [ 380 ]

What creatures there inhabit, of what mould, [ 355 ]

Of mankind in one root, and Earth wi九九藏书th Hell

Thither let us bend all our thoughts, to learn

The punie habitants, or if not drive,

The utmost border of his Kingdom, left

To their defence who hold it: here perhaps

Abolish his own works. This would surpass [ 370 ]

So deep a malice, to con九九藏书found the race

Attempting, or to sit in darkness here

Som advantagious act may be achievd

And where thir weakness, how attempted best,

In our Confusion, and our Joy upraise

They vote: whereat his speech he thus renews.

All as our own, and drive as we were ９９liｂ•ｎetdriven,

In his own strength, this place may lye exposd [ 360 ]

The great Creatour? But thir spite still serves [ 385 ]

But from the Author of all ill could Spring

And Heavns high Arbitrator sit secure

Pleaded his devilish Counsel, first devisd

To waste his whowww.99lib.netle Creation, or possess [ 365 ]

His glory to augment. The bold design

To mingle and involve, done all to spite

Sparkld in all thir eyes; with full assent

Or substance, how endud, and what thir Power,

Faded so soon. Advise if this be worth

Pleasd highly those infern99lib•netal States, and joy

Thir frail Original, and faded bliss, [ 375 ]

May prove thir foe, and with repenting hand

In his disturbance; when his darling Sons

Hatching vain Empires. Thus Beelzebub

Hurld headlong to partake with us, shall curse

Seduce them to our Party, that thir God