LIVRE XI

Le fils de Dieu intercède pour nos premiers pères, qui confesseot leur faute; il présente leurs prières à son père. Le Seigneur les exauce ; mais il déclare qu'ils ne sauroient rester

1080 To evils which our own misdeeds hâve MTOUght, He will instruet us praying, and ol ^race Beseecliiug him; so as we need net fear To pass commodiouslv this lil'e, sustain'd Bv liira with manv comforts, till we end In dust, our final rest and native home. What better can we do, tlian, to tlie place Repairing whcre he judg'd us, prostrate fall Bclore hira révèrent; and ihere conl'ess HunibU our faults, and pardon beg; with tears

1090 Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in siga Of sorrow' unleign'd, aud humiliation meek ? Undoubtedly he will relent, and Uirn From his displeasure; in whose look serene, When angry most lie scein'd and most severe, What clse but favour, grâce, and mercy, shone?»

So spake our fathcr pénitent; nor Eve Feit less remorse: ihev, forthwith to the place Repairing where he judg'd thera, prostrate lell

iioo Belore him révèrent; and botJi confess'd

llumbly their faults, and pardon begg'd ; with tears Watering the ground, and with their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow' unleign'd, and humiliation meek. ^