Thou hast atchievd our libertie, find
Within Hell Gates till now, thou us impowrd
To fortifie thus farr, and overlay [ 370 ]
With this portentous Bridge the dark Abyss.
Thine now is all this World, thy vertue hath won
What thy hands builded not, thy Wisdom gaind
With odds what Warr hath lost, and fully avengd
Our foile in Heavhou shalt Monarch reign, [ 375 ]
There didst not; there let him still Victor sway,
As Battel hath adjudgd, from this new World
Retiring, by his own doom alienated,
And heh Monarchie with thee divide
Of all things parted by th Empyreal bounds, [ 380 ]
His Quadrature, from thy Orbicular World,
Or trie thee now more dangrous to his Throne.
Whom thus the Prince of Darkness answerd glad.
Fair Daughter, and thou Son and Grandchild both,
High proof ye now have givn to be the Race [ 385 ]
Of Satan (florie in the name,
Antagonist of Heavns Almightie King)
Amply have merited of me, of all
Th Infernal Empire, that so neer Heavns dore
Triumphal with triumphal act have met, [ 390 ]
Mih this glorious Work, and made one Realm
Hell and this World, one Realm, one ti
Of easie thh-fare. Therefore while I
Desd through Darkness, on your Rode with ease
To my associate Powers, them to acquaint [ 395 ]
With these successes, and with them rejoyce,
You two this way, among these numerous Orbs
All yours, right down to Paradise desd;
There dwell and Reign in bliss, then the Earth
Dominion exercise and in the Aire, [ 400 ]
Chiefly on Man, sole Lord of all declard,
Him first make sure your thrall, and lastly kill.
My Substitutes I send ye, and Create
Plenipotent oh, of matchless might
Issuing from mee: on your joynt vigor now [ 405 ]
My hold of this new Kingdom all depends,
Through Sin to Death exposd by my exploit.