to mee th assignd;

    t to trie h mee

    In Battel hey all,

    Or I alone against trength [ 820 ]

    ther excellence

    Not emulous, nor care whem excells;

    Nor otrife safe.

    So spake to terrour changd

    nance too severe to be beheld [ 825 ]

    And full of  on his Enemies.

    At once t tarrie wings

    itiguous, and the Orbes

    Of  rohe sound

    Of torrent Floods, or of a numerous . [ 830 ]

    onward drove,

    Gloomie as Night; under his burning heeles

    tedfast Empyrean s,

    All but t self of God. Full soon

    Among t hand [ 835 ]

    Grasping ten t

    Before hir Soules infixd

    Plagues; tonisance lost,

    All courage; dohir idle weapons dropd;

    Ore Shields and helmes, and helmed heads he rode [ 840 ]

    Of ty Seraprate,

    t  be again

    ter from his ire.

    Nor less on eitempestuous fell

    he fourfold-visagd Foure, [ 845 ]

    Distinct he living heels,

    Distinct alike itude of eyes,

    One Spirit in them ruld, and every eye

    Glard lig forth pernicious fire

    Among t, t rength, [ 850 ]

    And of ted vigour left them draind,

    Exed, spiritless, afflicted, falln.