Because thou hast hearknd to the voice of thy Wife,
Aen of the Tree ing which
I chargd thee, saying: Thou shalt e thereof, [ 200 ]
Cursd is the ground for thy sake, thou in sorrow
Shalt eate thereof all the days of thy Life;
Thorns also and Thistles it shall bring thee forth
Unbid, and thou shalt eate th Herb of th Field,
In the sweat of thy Face shalt thou eat Bread, [ 205 ]
Till thou return unto the ground, for thou
Out of the ground wast taken, know thy Birth,
For dust thou art, and shalt to dust returne.
So judgd he Man, both Judge and Saviour sent,
And th instant stroke of Death denounct that day [ 210 ]
Removd farr off; then pittying how they stood
Before him o the aire, that now
Must suffer ge, disdaind not to begin
Theh the form of servant to assume,
As when he washd his servants feet so now [ 215 ]
As Father of his Familie he clad
Thir nakedness with Skins of Beasts, or slain,
Or as the Sh youthful Coate repaid;
And thought not much to cloath his Enemies:
Nor hee thir outward onely with the Skins [ 220 ]
Of Beasts, but inward nakedness, much more
Opprobrious, with his Robe hteousness,
Araying coverd from his Fathers sight.
To him with swift ast he up returnd,
Into his blissful bosom reassumd [ 225 ]
In glory as of old, to him appeasd
All, though all-knowing, what had past with Man
Reted, mixing intercessio.
Meanwhile ere thus was sind and judgd oh,
Withies of Hell sate Sin ah, [ 230 ]
In terview withies, that now
Stood open wide, belg eous flame
Farr into Chaos, sihe Fiend passd through,
Sin opening, who thus now to Death began.