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hungerandthirstnstraining;druggedasoft,</p>

hhatefullestdisrelishhedtheirjaws,</p>

hsootanddersfilled;soofttheyfell</p>

intothesaillusion,notasn</p>

theytriuhedoncelapsed.thushey</p>

plagued</p>

andine,longandceaselesshiss,</p>

tilltheirlostshape,pertted,theyresud;</p>

yearlyenjoined,sosay,toundergo,</p>

thisannualhuliainnuereddays,</p>

paradiselost</p>

301of374</p>

todashtheirpride,andjoy,fornseduced.</p>

hoetraditiontheydispersed</p>

ahen,oftheirpurchasegot,</p>

andfabledhotheycalled</p>

ophiohewide</p>

encroageveperhaps,hadfirsttherule</p>

ofhigholyus;thencebysatudriven</p>

andops,ereyetdictaeanjovewasbo.</p>

anhehellishpair</p>

toosoonarrived;sin,thereinpowerbefore,</p>

oual;noodwell</p>

habitualhabitant;behindherdeath,</p>

closefolloou</p>

onhispalehorse:tosinthusbegan.</p>

sendofsatansprung,allnquerih</p>

pirenohougheaed</p>

htraveldifficult,erfar</p>

thanstillathellsdarkthresholdtohavesatch,</p>

unnad,undreaded,andthyselfhalfstarved</p>

thusthesinbonsteransweredsoon.</p>

to,inepine,</p>

alikeishell,orparadise,orheaven;</p>

therebest,ostayet;</p>

s</p>

tostuffthishisvastunhideboundrps.</p>

totheihusreplied.</p>

thouthereforeontheseherbs,andfruits,andflowers,</p>

feedfirst;oneachbeast,andfish,andfowl;</p>

noholyrselsahing</p>

paradiselost</p>

302of374</p>

thesitheoftiwsdown,devourunspared;</p>

tilli,innresiding,throughtherace,</p>

histhoughts,hislooks,ions,alli;</p>

andseasonhihylastaprey.</p>

thissaid,theybothbetooktheeveralways,</p>

bothtodestroy,oruniortalke</p>

allkinds,andfordestruature</p>

soonerorlater;ightyseeing,</p>

froistransdehesaintsang,</p>

tothhtordersutteredthushisvoice.</p>

see,hheatthesedogsofhelladvance</p>

toeandhavoderhi</p>

soodcreated;andhadstill</p>

keptinthatstate,hadnotthefollyofn</p>

letinthesepute</p>

follyto;sodoththeprinceofhell</p>

andhisadherents,thatuchease</p>

isuffertheoenterandpossess</p>

apla</p>

togratifysfulenees,</p>

thatlaugh,asif,transportedefit</p>

ofpassion,itotheadquittedall,</p>

atrandoieldeduptotheirsrule;</p>

andknothither,</p>

hellhounds,tolickupthedraffandfilth</p>

anspollutingsinhtainthathshed</p>

ondandged,nighburst</p>

hsuckedandgluttedoffal,atonesling</p>

ofthyvi,wellpleasingson,</p>

paradiselost</p>

303of374</p>

bothsin,ah,andyalast,</p>

throughouthofhell</p>

forever,andsealuphisravenousjaws.</p>

thenheavehreneadepure</p>

tosanctity,thatshallreceivenostain:</p>

tillthen,thecursepronounbothprecedes.</p>