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Thou hast atchievd our libertie, confind Within Hell Gates till now, thou us impowrd To fortifie thus farr, and overlay [ 370 ] With this portentous Bridge the dark Abyss. Thine now is all this World, thy vertue hath won What thy hands builded not, thy Wisdom gaind With odds what Warr hath lost, and fully avengd

Our foile in Heavn; here thou shalt Monarch reign, [ 375 ] There didst not; there let him still Victor sway, As Battel hath adjudgd, from this new World Retiring, by his own doom alienated, And henceforth Monarchie with thee divide Of all things parted by th Empyreal bounds, [ 380 ] His Quadrature, from thy Orbicular World,

Or trie thee now more dangrous to his Throne. Whom thus the Prince of Darkness answerd glad. Fair Daughter, and thou Son and Grandchild both, High proof ye now have givn to be the Race [ 385 ] Of Satan (for I glorie in the name, Antagonist of Heavns Almightie King) Amply have merited of me, of all

Th Infernal Empire, that so neer Heavns dore Triumphal with triumphal act have met, [ 390 ] Mine with this glorious Work, and made one Realm Hell and this World, one Realm, one Continent Of easie thorough-fare. Therefore while I Descend through Darkness, on your Rode with ease To my associate Powers, them to acquaint [ 395 ]

With these successes, and with them rejoyce, You two this way, among these numerous Orbs All yours, right down to Paradise descend; There dwell and Reign in bliss, thence on the Earth Dominion exercise and in the Aire, [ 400 ] Chiefly on Man, sole Lord of all declard, Him first make sure your thrall, and lastly kill.

My Substitutes I send ye, and Create Plenipotent on Earth, of matchless might Issuing from mee: on your joynt vigor now [ 405 ] My hold of this new Kingdom all depends, Through Sin to Death exposd by my exploit.