began

    te, ore hill, ore dale his roam.

    Mean  Longitude, where heavn

    its, tting Sun [ 540 ]

    Slo aspect

    Against tern Gate of Paradise

    Leveld  was a Rock

    Of Alablaster, pild up to the Clouds,

    Conspicuous farr,  [ 545 ]

    Accessible from Eartrance high;

    t  overhung

    Still as it rose, impossible to climbe.