LIVRE X

Aussitôt qne les anges ont connu la desobéissance de l'homnoe , ils abandonnent le paradis, et remontent au ciel pour justifier leur vigilance. Le fils de Dieu, envoyé pour juger les

"70 It seems, in tliy restraint: wliat could I more? 1 warn'd thee, I adujonish'd tliee, foretold The danger, and tbe lui'king encray Tliat lay in wait; beyond liiis, had been force; And force upon free wili Iiath liera no place. But confidence then bore thee on, sccure Eithcr to raeet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial; and peihaps 1 also err'd, in overmuch admiring What seem'd in thee so perfect, that I thougbl

ii3o i\o evil durst attempt thee; but I rue

That error now, which is become my crime, And thou the' accuser. Thus it shall befal Hiin, wbo, to worth in vvoman overtrusling, Lets hcr will rule: restraint she wiil not brook, And, lelt to' herstlf, if evil thcnee ensue, She first bis vveak indulgence will accuse.»

Thus they in rautual accusation spent Tlie fruitless iiours, but ncitlier sell-condemning; And of their vain contest appear'd no end.