applauded. The Councel thus ended, the rest betake them
several wayes and to several imployments, as thir inclinations
lead them, to entertain the time till Satan return. He passes on
his Journey to Hell Gates, finds them shut, and who sat there to
guard them, by whom at length they are op'nd, and discover to
him the great Gulf between Hell and Heaven; with what
difficulty he passes through, directed by Chaos the Power of
that place, to the sight of this new World which he sought.

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High on a Throne of Royal State, which far
Outshon the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl & Gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd
To that bad eminence; and from despair
Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
Vain Warr with Heav'n, and by success untaught
His proud imaginations thus displaid. 10
Powers and Dominions, Deities of Heav'n,
For since no deep within her gulf can hold
Immortal vigor, though opprest and fall'n,
I give not Heav'n for lost. From this descent
Celestial vertues rising, will appear
More glorious and more dread then from no fall,
And trust themselves to fear no second fate:
Mee though just right, and the fixt Laws of Heav'n