Of their Purfuers, and overcame by Flight:
The Field all Iron caft a gleaming brown,

Nor wanted Clouds of Foot, nor on each Horn
Cuiraffiers all in Steel for standing Fight,
Chariots, or Elephants endorft with Towers
Of Archers, nor of lab'ring Pioneers

A Multitude with Spades and Axes arm'd
To lay Hills plain, fell Woods, or Valleys fill,
Or where Plain was, raife Hill, or overlay
With Bridges Rivers proud, as with a Yoke.
Mules after thefe, Camels and Dromedaries,
And Waggons fraught with Utenfils of War.

CHAP

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CHA P. IV.

HE Tempter, tho' perplexed and troubled at his bad Succefs, is refolv'd to renew his Affaults, and to leave no Method of Temptation untried. The Comparisons which the Poet makes of his Conduct in the Beginning of the fourth Book are drawn in ftrong and lively Colours. Nature and Art are met together: The Harmony of Sounds and the Beauty of Imagination are combined to please the Reader in the following Lines,

But as a Man who had been matchlefs held

In Cunning, over-reach'd where leaft he thought,
To fave his Credit, and for very Spight,

Still will be tempting him who foils him ftill,
And never cease, though to his Shame the more;
Or as a Swarm of Flies in Vintage-time,

About the Wine-prefs where fweet Mouft is pour'd,
Beat off, returns as oft with humming Sound;
Or furging Waves against a folid Rock,

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Tho' all to Shivers dafh'd th' Affault renew,
Vain Batt'ry, and in Froth or Bubbles end :
So Satan, whom Repulse upon Repulse

Met ever, and to shameful Silence brought,
Yet gives not o'er, though desp'rate of Success,
And his vain Importunity pursues.

FROM the Eastern fide of the Mountain Jefus is conducted to the Western fide, from whence he furveys the Roman Empire and its Capital City Rome, which is thus nobly set to view.

The City which thou feeft, no other deem
Than great and glorious Rome, Queen of the Earth,
So far renown'd, and with the Spoils enrich'd
Of Nations; there the Capitol thou seest
Above the rest lifting his ftately Head

On the Tarpeian Rock, her Cittadel
Impregnable, and there Mount Palatine
Th' Imperial Palace, Compass huge, and high
The Structure, Skill of nobleft Architects,
With gilded Battlements confpicuous far,

Turrets,

T

CHA P. IV.

HE Tempter, tho' perplexed and troubled at his bad Succefs, is refolv'd to renew his Af faults, and to leave no Method of Temptation untried. The Comparisons which the Poet makes of his Conduct in the Beginning of the fourth Book are drawn in ftrong and lively Colours. Nature and Art are met together: The Harmony of Sounds and the Beauty of Imagination are combined to please the Reader in the following Lines,

But as a Man who had been matchlefs held

In Cunning, over-reach'd where leaft he thought,
To fave his Credit, and for very Spight,

Still will be tempting him who foils him ftill,

And never cease, though to his Shame the more;

Or as a Swarm of Flies in Vintage-time,

About the Wine-prefs where fweet Mouft is pour'd,
Beat off, returns as oft with humming Sound;
Or furging Waves against a folid Rock,

Tho' all to Shivers dafh'd th' Affault renew,
Vain Batt'ry, and in Froth or Bubbles end:
So Satan, whom Repulfe upon Repulse
Met ever, and to shameful Silence brought,
Yet gives not o'er, though defp'rate of Success,
And his vain Importunity pursues.

FROM the Eastern fide of the Mountain Jefus is conducted to the Western fide, from whence he furveys the Roman Empire and its Capital City Rome, which is thus nobly set to view.

The City which thou feeft, no other deem
Than great and glorious Rome, Queen of the Earth,
So far renown'd, and with the Spoils enrich'd
Of Nations; there the Capitol thou seest
Above the rest lifting his stately Head

On the Tarpeian Rock, her Cittadel
Impregnable, and there Mount Palatine

Th' Imperial Palace, Compafs huge, and high
The Structure, Skill of nobleft Architects,
With gilded Battlements confpicuous far,

Turrets,