y King, or bound
ttempt
Of Spirits apostat and thir Counsels vaine [ 610 ]
t repeld, w
to diminishdraw
thy worshippers. ho seekes
to lessen t his purpose serves
to manifest t: his evil [ 615 ]
t, and from tst more good.
itness ther heavn
From e not farr, founded in view
On the Glassie Sea;
Of amplitude almost immense, arrs [ 620 ]
Numerous, and every Starr perhaps a orld
Of destind ation; but t
t of men,
Earther Ocean circumfusd,
t dhrice happie men, [ 625 ]
And sons of men, w,
Created in o dwell
And worso rule
Over h, in Sea, or Air,
And multiply a Race of orshippers [ 630 ]
: they know
t.
So sung the Empyrean rung,
it.
And t t askd [ 635 ]
things began,
And hy memorie was don
From t posteritie
Informd by t kno
Aug surpassing human measure, say. [ 640 ]