LIVRE X

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

"7° It seems, in ihy restraint: wliat could I more? 1 warn'd thee, 1 admonisli'd tlice, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy Tliat lay in wait; beyond this, had been force; And force upon free will hath here no place. But confidence then bore thee on, secure Either to meet no dauger, orto find Matter of glorious trial; and perliaps I also err'd , in overmuch admiring What seem'd in thee so perfect, that I thought

"So 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 Him, who, to worth in woman overtrustin". Lets her will rule: restraint she will not brook. And, left to' herself, if evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.»

Thus they in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours, but neither self-condemning; And of their vain contest appear'd no end.