thereof in them both; they ſeek to cover thir nakedneſs; then fall to variance and accuſation of one another.
Of the
NINTH BOOK.
MAns tranſgreſſion known, the Guardian Angels forſake Paradiſe, and return up to Heaven to approve thir vigilance, and are approv'd, God declaring that the entrance of Satan could not be by them prevented. He ſends his Son to judge the Tranſgreſſors, who deſcends and gives Sentence accordingly; then in pity cloaths them both, and reaſcends. Sin and Death ſitting till then at the Gates of Hell, by wondrous ſympathie feeling the ſucceſs of Satan in this new World, and the ſin by Man there committed, reſolve to ſit no longer confin'd in Hell, but to follow Satan thir Sire up to the place of Man: To make the way eaſier from Hell to this World to and fro, they pave a broad Highway or Bridge over Chaos, according to the Track that Satan firſt made; then preparing for Earth, they meet him proud of his ſucceſs returning to Hell; thir mutual gratulation. Satan arrives at Pandemonium, in full aſſembly relates with boaſting his ſucceſs againſt Man; inſtead of applauſe is entertained with a general hiſs by all his audience, transform'd with himſelf alſo ſuddenly into Serpents, according to his doom giv'n in Paradiſe; then deluded with a ſhew of the forbidden Tree ſpringing up before them, they greedily reaching to taſte of the Fruit,
