Illustrious farr and  by his own

    First seen, ted joy surprizd,

    Ensign of Messiah blazd [ 775 ]

    Aloft by Angels born, his Sign in heavn:

    Under w Michael soon reducd

    her ing,

    Under thir head imbodied all in one.

    Before him Power Divine his way prepard; [ 780 ]

    At ed ird

    Eaco

    Obsequious, ed face renewd,

    And s hill and Valley smild.

    t stood obdurd, [ 785 ]

    And to rebellious fighir Powers

    Insensate, hope conceiving from despair.

    In s could such perverseness dwell?

    But to convince t Signs availe,

    Or onders move te to relent? [ 790 ]

    t mig reclame,

    Grieving to see  t

    took envie, and aspiring to h,

    Stood reimbattelld fierce, by force or fraud

    eening to prosper, and at length prevaile [ 795 ]

    Against God and Messiao fall

    In universal ruin last, and now

    to final Battel dre,

    Or faint retreat; w Son of God

    to all  on eithus spake. [ 800 ]

    Stand still in brigs, and

    Ye Angels armd, ttel rest;

    Faith been your warfare, and of God

    Accepted, fearless in eous Cause,

    And as ye have receivd, so have ye don [ 805 ]

    Invincibly; but of this cursed crew

    t to other hand belongs,

    Vengeance is s;

    Number to t ordaind

    Nor multitude, stand onely and behold [ 810 ]

    Gods indignation on these Godless pourd

    By mee, not you but mee they have despisd,

    Yet envied; against mee is all thir rage,

    Because t whom in heavn supream

    Kingdom and Poains, [ 815 ]

    o his will.