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Mofes, wohoy, recounting how he προλογίζει,

affumed his true body; that it corrupts

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not, because it is with God in the

mount; declares the like of Enoch and

Eliah; befides the purity of the place, that certain pure winds, dews and clouds, preferve it from corruption; whence ex- i horts to the fight of God; tells, they ́ ́ cannot, fee Adam in the ftate of innocence, by reafon of their fin.

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A C T III.

Lucifer, contriving Adam's ruin.

Chorus fears for Adam, and relates Luci

fer's rebellion and fall.

ACT IV.

Adam, } fallen.

Eve,

Confcience cites them to God's exami

nation.

Chorus bewails, and tells the good

Adam has loft.

ACT V.

Adam and Eve driven out of Paradife.

prefented by an angel with

Labour, Grief, Hatred, En

vy, War, Famine, Pefti

lence, Sicknefs, Difcon-Mutes...

tent, Ignorance, Fear
Death,

,

Το

To whom he gives their names. Likewife Winter, Heat, Tempeft, &c.

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Such was his firft defign, which could have produced only an allegory, or myftery. The following fketch feems to have attained more maturity..

Adamı unparadifed:

The angel Gabriel, either defcending or entering; fhewing, fince this globe was created, his frequency as much on earth as in heaven: defcribes Paradife. Next, the Chorus, fhewing the reafon

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of his coming to keep his watch in Paradife, after Lucifer's rebellion, by command from God; and withal expreffing his defire to fee and know more concern

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ing this excellent new creature, man.

The angel Gabriel, as by his name figEsp.but

nifying a prince of power, tracing Para

dife with a more free office, paffes by

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by them, relates what he knew of man; as the creation of Eve, with their love and marriage. After this, Lucifer appears, after his overthrow; bemoans himfelf, focks revenge on man. Chorus prepare refiftance at his first approach. At laft, after difcourfe of enmity on either fide, he departs; whereat the Chorus fings of the battle and

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