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 ]

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    itness ther heavn

    From e not farr, founded in view

    On the Glassie Sea;

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    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

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