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LEMAIN fell by FONTARABIA (g). Thus far were thefe beyond the Comparison of any mortal Valour, yet they obferved their dread Commander; he, in Shape and Gefture proudly eminent, ftood like a Tower; for his Form had not loft all her firft Brightnefs, nor did he appear lefs than an Archangel ruined, and a great Excefs- of Glory obfcur'd: As when the Sun newly rifen looks through the mifty Air, which hinders his Beams from piercing through; or when from behind the Moon in dim Eclipfe, he sheds a bad Influence on half the Nations, and perplexes Monarchs with Fear of Change; fo darkened was the Archangel, yet he fhone above them all, but deep Scars of Thunder had marked his Face, and Care was visible on his faded Cheeks, but under Brows of dauntless Courage and confiderate Pride, that watched for Revenge. His Eye was cruel, but caft Signs of Remorse, and Compaffion, to behold his Companions, or rather

·Germany, A. D. 800. Crowned
at Rome by Pope Leo III. with
the Title of Cæfar Auguftus and
the two-headed Eagle, to make
the Roman and German Empire,
which he poffeffed in great Part.
A victorious, learned, liberal,
juft and pious Prince; therefore
he was dignified with the Title
of moft Chriftian King, which
the French Kings have enjoyed
ever fince. He died peaceably at
Aix la Chapelle, Jan. 28, A. D.
814, of his Age feventy-two,
Reign forty-five, and was buried
there Frederick I. took his Bo-
dy out of the Sepulchre, out of
which were taken a great Num-
ber of Reliques and Rarities,
which he had collected in his
Life-Time; but not like the
Riches found in King Davia's.

(8) Fontarabia; Span, from the

Lat. i. e. A rapid Stream. A very frong Fort and City on the Frontiers of Spain in Biscay, on the Mouth of the River Ridoffa, near St. Sebaftian, aad well fortified on the Borders of France, which hath frequently befieged it, but in vain. OBS. This Expedition and Fall of Charles the Great, with his Nobles at Fontarabia, related by Mr. John Turpin, is entirely falfe and fabulous. But Poets do not regard Exactness of History nor Chronology, provided a Fiction may help them out, and please their Readers. For Eneas was three hundred Years after Queen Dido, though Virgil makes them contemporary, as St. Auftin proves in his Book, Of the City of God, and G. Hornius in his Arca Noæ, P. 358.

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those who had followed him in his Crime, (whom he had beheld far otherwife once in Blifs) condemned now to have their Lot in Pain for ever; Millions of Spirits for his Fault deprived of Heaven, and for his Apoftacy flung from eternal Splendors; yet how faithful they ftood, tho' their Glory was withered! As when Lightning hath fcorched the Oaks, though their Tops be finged and bare, their ftately Trunks ftill ftand upon the blasted Heath. SATAN now prepares to fpeak, whereon they bend their doubled Ranks from Wing to Wing, and fo half enclose him about with 'all his Peers. They all kept mute, thro' Attention; and thrice he attempted to fpeak, and as many Times, in Spite of all his Scorn, Tears, fuch as Angels may be faid to weep, burft forth; but at last, mixing his Words with a great many Sighs, he faid:

YE Numbers of immortal Spirits! Powers, matchlefs except with the ALMIGHTY! and even that Strife was not inglorious, tho' the Event was fatal, as this Place teftifies, and this fad Change, hateful to utter; but what Power of Mind, foreseeing or foretelling from the Depth of paft or present Knowledge, could have feared how fuch united Force of fo many Gods, and fuch as stood like thefe, could ever be defeated? For who can yet believe, tho' after fome Lofs, that all these powerful Legions, whofe Expulfion hath almost emptied Heaven, fhall fail to afcend up thither again, by the Power of their own Strength, and again take Poffeffion of their native Seat? Bear witnefs against me, all the Hoft of Heaven, if different Counfels, or any Danger fhunned by me, have lost our Hopes: But he who reigns now the Monarch in Heaven, 'till then fat on his Throne, as one fecure, upheld by all Repute, by Cuftom, or Confent, and his Royalty and State put forth at full; but always concealed his Strength, which encouraged us in our At

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Book I. tempt, and occafioned our Fall. Henceforward we know his Might and our own, fo as neither to provoke him to new War, or very much to fear War, being provoked Our better Part remains, we are ftill able by close Design, by Fraud, or Guile, to bring to pass what we could not effect by Force; fo that he at length may come to learn from us, that he who overcomes by Force, has overcome but Half his Foe. Time may produce new Worlds, of which there went a common Report in Heaven, that before it was long he intended to create one, and therein fix a Generation whom his choice Regard fhould favour equal with the Angels in Heaven: Thither, if it be but to pry, fhall perhaps be our firft Sally: thither, or elsewhere, for this infernal Pit shall never hold celestial Spirits in Slavery, nor the Abyss cover us long under Darkness: But a full Council, and a good Deliberation among us, muft bring these Thoughts to Perfection: Peace is defpaired of, for who can think of fubmitting? War then, either proclaimed or designed, ' muft be refolved on.

SATAN finished his Speech, and in Approbation of his Words were drawn Millions of flaming Swords, from the Thighs of mighty Cherubim. The fudden Blaze made a Light in Hell: They raged highly against the HIGHEST, and grafping their founding Shields fiercely in their Arms, beat an Alarm for War, hurling them with Defiance towards Heaven.

CHA P. IV.

The Affociates of Satan build Pandæmonium, and the infernal Peers fit there in Council.

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OT far off there was a Mountain, from whofe Top rolling Smoak and Fire proceeded; the other Parts of it firm and the Surface of it fhone with a bright Glofs; (an un

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doubted Sign that in it was contained mineral Ore, ripened by Sulphur) thither, with Speed, repaired a Multitude of the Devils; juft as Bands of Pioneers (b) march before a Royal Camp, armed with Spades and Pickaxes, to trench a Field or caft a Rampart. MAMMON (i) led them on; he was the vileft and darkest Spirit that fell from Heaven, for even in Heaven his Looks and Thoughts were alwas inclined downward, admiring more the Riches of Heaven's Pavement (k), which was pure Gold, than any Thing fpiritual, or belonging to God, or to be enjoyed in beatific Vifion First taught by his Suggeftion, MAN alfo examined, and with wicked Hands rifled the Bowels of the Earth, to find out Gold and other Riches, which had better have lain there ftill. The Crew of MAMMON had foon opened into the Mountain a large Paffage, and digged out Gold; (let No-body admire that Riches grew in Hell, fince that Soil may best fuit with the Root of all Evil) and here let those who boast in mortal Things, and talk with Wonder about

(b) Pioneers or Pioniers; Fr. a Milit. T. Labourers going before an Army, to dig up Trenches, to level Ways, undermine Caftles, &c.

() Mammon; Phaen. Carthag. from the Heb. i. e. Riches. The God of Plenty and Wealth among the Phoenicians, Hebrews, &c. The Pluto of the Greeks and Romans. He is beautifully painted here, and his Name is repeated, to add the greater Force to the Senfe.

() Pavement; Ital. Sp. Lat. i. e. Beaten or trod on; a paved Floor, a Causeway, a GroundRoom in a Houfe. Here, the Floor of Heaven, represented by St. John to be paved with pure Gold, which Mammon liked

best. See Revel. And the Building of the Wall of it was of Jasper; and the City was pure Gold, like unto clear Glass. And the Foundations of the Wall of the City were garnished with all Manner of precious Stones. The first Foundation was Jasper, the second a Saphire, the third a Chalcedony, the fourth an Emerald. The fifth Sardonyx, the fixth Sardius, the feventh Chryfolite, the eighth Beryl, the ninth a Topaz, the tenth a Chryfoprafus, the eleventh a Jacinth, the twelfth an Amethyst. And the twelve Gates were twelve Pearls; every several Gate was of one Pearl; and the Street of the City was pure Gold, as it were transparent Glafs.

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BABEL (1), BABYLON, and the Pyramids of EGYPT (m), learn how their greatest Pieces of Architecture, built for Fame with Strength and Art, are eafily outdone by reprobate Spirits; who can perform in one Hour, what they in an Age, with continuak Labour and innumerable Hands, fcarcely can.

A SECOND Multitude, not far off on the Plain, in many Pits, that underneath them had Streams of melted Fire iffuing from the Lake, with wonderful Art produced the maffy Ore, feparating each Kind, and fcumming the Drofs. A third Party, at the fame Time, formed within the Ground various Moulds, and by a strange Conveyance from the boiling Pits, filled every hollow Place; as in an Organ () from one Blaft of Wind, the Sound-Board breathes to a great many Rows of Pipes. Prefently a very large and mighty Building rofe out of the Earth, like an Exhalation, at the Sound of pleafant Symphonies and fweet Voices: it was built like a Temple, where Pilafters (0) were fet round, and DORIC (p) Pillars o

(1) Babel; Heb. i. e. Confufion; becaufe God there confoun ded the Language of thofe impious Builders of that Tower, Gen. xi. 1, 16. From thence comes Babble, i. e. to speak Nonsence, or Words that are not understood by other Men.

(m) The Walls of Babylon, and the Pyramids of Egypt near Memphis, which are two of the feven Wonders of the World; lafting and mighty Monuments of human Art and Power; but in nothing comparable to thofe of the Fallen Angels, as appears from their Infernal Hall in Hell.

(n) Organ; Lat. from the Gr. i. e. The Inftrument. A Mufic. T. a Mufical Inftrument; fo called, because it is efteemed

the chiefeft and principal of all Mufical Inftruments: In Heb. the Name of it fignifies lovely and delightful. It was one of the firft in the World, invented by Tubal, Gen. iv. 21. and very much us'd by the Ancients, Job. xxi. 12. Pfalm cl. 4.

(0) Pilaflers; Fr. Ital. from the Lat. i. e. Little Pillars. A T. of Archit. A Kind of fquare Pillar made to jut out of the Wall of any curious Fabrick.

(p) Dories Fr. Lat. Gr. i. e. of or belonging to the Dores. A Term of Archit. It is one of the five Orders of Architecture, from Dorus King of the Dorians in Achaia, who built a magnificent Temple to June at Argi which was the first Model of this Order. verlaid

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