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Before him, such as in thir Soules infixd
Of his fierce Chariot rowld, as with the sound
Not emulous, nor care who them excells;
Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, falln.
Among th accurst, that witherd all thir strength, [ 850 ]
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Hee on his impious Foes right onward drove,
His countnance too severe to be beheld [ 825 ]
Among them he arrivd; in his right hand [ 835 ]
Of torrent Floods, or of a numerous Host. [ 830 ]
In Battel which the stronger proves, they all,
His arrowww.99lib•netws, from the fourfold-visagd Foure, [ 845 ]
Nor less on either side tempestuous fell
Distinct alike with multitude of eyes,
Of Thrones and mighty Seraphim prostrate,
Gloomie as Night; under his burning Wheeles
All courage; down thir idle weapons dropd;
Glard lightn99lib•neting, and shot forth pernicious fire
And full of wrauth bent on his Enemies.
Thrown on them as a shelter from his ire.
They measure all, of other excellence
Or I alone against them, since by strength [ 820 ]
That wisht the Mountains now might be again
Nor other strife with t
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Distinct with eyes, and from the living Wheels,
Grasping ten thousand Thunders, which he sent
Plagues; they astonisht all resistance lost,
Ore Shields and Helmes, and helmed heads he rode [ 840 ]
And of thir wonted vigour left them draind,
One Spirit in them ru藏书网ld, and every eye
At once the Four spred out thir Starrie wings
With dreadful shade contiguous, and the Orbes
Therefore to mee thir doom he hath assignd;
The stedfast Empyrean shook throughout,
That they may have thir wish, to trie with mee
All but the Throne it self of God. Full soon