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fling back upon him that breaths it forth: Therefore I fubmit myself entirely to his great Command! What most afflicts me is, that when I depart from hence I shall be, as it were, hid from his Face, deprived of the blefs'd Light of his Countenance! Here I could frequent, with Worship and Adoration, every Place, where he had vouchfaf'd to appear to me in his divine Prefence; and could relate to my Sons, "Up"on this Mountain he appear'd to me; under this "Tree, he stood vifible; among thefe Pines I heard "his Voice; here at this Fountain did I talk with "him." So many grateful Altars I would raise up of graffy Turf, and pile up every bright Stone from the Brook, in Remembrance, or to be a Monument to future Generations: And upon thefe Altars would I offer fweet-fmelling Gums, and Fruits, and Flowers. In yonder lower World where fhall I feek his bright Appearances, or trace his Footsteps? For though I fled from him, when he was angry; yet being recall'd to prolong'd Life, and promis'd Offfpring, I now gladly behold though but the utmost Skirts of Glory, and afar off adore his Steps.

To whom MICHAEL, with great Benignity, thus anfwered: ADAM! thou knoweft, that Heaven and all the Earth are his; not only this Rock, but his Omniprefence fills Land, Sea, and Air, and every Kind that lives, warm'd and cherish'd by his quickning and fuftaining Power. He gave thee the whole Earth to poffefs, and rule; nor was it a despicable Gift! do not furmise then, or think that his Prefence is confined to these narrow Bounds of PARADISE, or to EDEN: This, perhaps, had been thy capital Seat, from whence all Generations might have spread; and hither might have come from all the Ends of the Earth, to celebrate and reverence thee, their great Progenitor. But thou haft loft this Pre-eminence; being now brought down to dwell upon lower Ground, B b 4

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and even with thy Sons. Yet don't doubt, but in the Valley and in the Plain, GoD is, even as he is here; and will be found alike prefent; ftill following thee with many a Sign of his Prefence, ftill compaffing thee round with Goodness and paternal Love, he will not hide his Face from thee, and thou fhalt fee the Tract of his divine Steps. Which that thou may'st believe, and be fully confirm'd in before thou depart from hence; know, that I am fent to fhew thee what fhall come to pafs hereafter, to thee and to thy Pofterity: Expect to hear bad mix'd with good, Grace from above contending with the Sinfulnels of MEN; and thereby endeavour to learn true Patience, and to temper thy greatest Joy with Fear and holy Sorrow; to be equally inur'd by Moderation, to bear either the profperous or adverfe State: So fhalt thou lead thy Life in greater Safety, and be beft prepar'd to endure thy mortal Paffage when it comes. ------- Afcend this Hill; let EvE (for I have clos'd her Eyes) sleep here below; whilst thou awakeft to Forefight, as once thou flept'ft while fhe was form'd to Life:

To whom ADAM replied in this grateful Manner: Afcend, fafe Guide! I follow thee, the Path ⚫ thou leadeft me; and entirely fubmit to the Hand of Heaven, however it may chaften me! willingly offe ring myself to bear the Evil; arming myfelf to overcome by Suffering, and to obtain Keft through Labour; if it may be permitted fo to be.

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The Angel fets before Adam in a Vision, what Shall happen 'till the Flood.

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O, both the Arch-Angel MICHAEL and ADAM afcended in the Vifions of GOD. It was the highest Hill of PARADISE, which they went up; from whofe Top the Hemifphere of the Earth, on the clearest View, lay ftretch'd out to the largest Profpect of ADAM's Reach. Nor was that Hill higher nor wider looking round, whereon (for a different Cause) the Devil fet our fecond ADAM, CHRIST JESUS, in the Wildernefs; to fhow him all the Kingdoms of the Earth, and the Glory of them. The Eye of ADAM might there command, wherever ftood City of antient or modern Fame; the Seats of the mightieft Empires: From what was to be in future, the Walls of CAMBALU, (q) the Seat of CATHIAN CHAM; (r) and SAMARCAND, (s) by Oxus,

(9) Cambalu, Camphala, or Cambala, Tat. i. e. The City of the Great Lord. A vaft City in the North of Tatary, the Capital of Cathai or China, and the fame as Pekin; the Refidence of the Emperors of China, fince A. D. 1404. It is about 25 or 28 Miles in Compass, very populous, containing (as they report) 2,000,000 Souls, rich and of a vaft Trade; fo that 1000 Waggons, loaded with Silk only, are imported every Day. It hath 12 Gates, divers Royal Palaces and ftately Temples. Geographers turn their Face to the North, to find the Elevation of the Pole; and begin at the Nor

thern Countries, when they defcribe the Earth: Therefore Milton turns to the North, and begins with China on the Right-Hand; fo comes to the Weft, and ends in Europe, in this Survey of our Hemisphere.

(r) Cham, or Chan, Tat. i. e. The Great Lord or Emperor. It is an antient Title of Honour given to the Emperor of Tatary and China.

(s) Samarcand, Mamarcand, or Samarcant; Tatar. antiently Shamarcand, Perf. i. e. Razed or demolished by Shamare; having been once deftroyed by one of that Name, in his Expediti

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Oxus, (t) TEMIR'S (u) Kingdom; to PEKIN, (x) the Seat of the Emperor of CHINA; and thence to AGRA,

on to China; others woody, being feated in a Wood. It is the Capital of Zagathy or Sogdiana, a Southern Province of Tatary, and the Metropolis of all Tatary for many Ages. Beffus, General of the Bactrians, who murder'd Darius, was feiz'd there, and deliver'd to Alexander the Great, who put him to Death on the fame Spot of Ground, where he committed the Fact. It was the chief Seat and Sepulchre of the great Tamerlain, who made it a magnificent and wealthy City; befides the vaft Riches from other Nations, he fent 8000 Camels laden with the Spoils of Damafcus at one Time into it. A large and populous City; fome Houses are built of Stone in a molt pleafant Valley, with an Academy for Muhammedan Learning. Here the best Silk and Paper in all Afia are made: The Chan's Caftle is built of Marble, but now it is in Decay.

(t) Oxus; Lat. Gr. i. e. Swift, like the Tygris, because it falls from very high Moun. tains, and has a rapid Stream. A great River of Tatary, rifing in Mount Taurus; it parts Sogdiana and Margiana, and runs into the Cafpian Sea on the Eaft Side. The Tatars call it Amu, which fignifies the fame; and the Arabians call it Gihon, i. e. Force; becaufe the Source of it burfteth out of the Earth with

vaft Violence. There Cyrus was defeated by Tomyris Queen

of the Scythians or Tatars, about A. M. 3420. and Sabacham of Zagathian Tatary, by Ifmael Sophy of Perfia, A. D. 1514.

(u) Temir, or Timur-Lenc, by the Arabaians, and Temir-Cuthi by the Tatars; Tatar. i. e. Happy or fortunate Iron; becaute of his victorious Sword; and Tamerlane by us. A moft victorious Prince of the Pofterity ef Zingis Chan, born April 6, A. D. 1336. in the City of Kei or Skebrfobz, i. e. The green City; about thirty Miles from Samarcand. He began to reign A. D. 1370; and, like Alexander the Great, in 35 Years fubdued more Kingdoms, than the old Romans did in 800 Years, viz. Babylon, Mefopotamia, Syria, Perfia, Parthia, Egypt, India, China; and boasted that he had three Parts of the World under his Power. He defeated the proud Bajazet, (Turk. i. e. Lightning; for the Expedition of his Conquefts) and all the Turkish Army, in that great Battle near Mount Stella in the Plains of Angoria in Galatia, July 28, A. D. 1402. He was cruel, but a vaft Encourager of the Chriflians, though a Muhammedan by Profeffion; and died three Years after that grand Victory, Feb. 8, 1405. at a Village called Atrar and Otrar, diftant from Samarcand about 304 Miles; lived 70 Years, 11 Months, and 22 Days; and was buried in a magnificent Tomb erected by himself for that Pur

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AGRA, (y) and LAHOR, (z) Imperial Cities of the

pose at Samarcand: But his Song loft all his Conquefts; of him the prefent Moguls are defcended. He and Agefilaus, the 6th King of Sparta, were both lame of one. Foot, yet very valiant and fuccessful Generals. He was call'd the Wrath of God, and the Destroyer of the Earth; and Aleric the King of the Goths, who plunder'd Rome, A. D. 410, and conquered the Roman Empire, the Scourge of God; for their Cruelty.

(x) Paquin, Pekin, or Pecheli; Chinefe, i. e. The Northern Court; because it is the North of China, as Nankin, i. e. The Southern Court, for the fame Reafon. The Capital City of the Province of Pekin, and the Metropolis of that vaft Empire, fince the Years 1404, 30 Leagues from the famous Wall, (which is 1200 Miles long, 6 Fathom high, built in 27 Years by 70,050,000 Men, to keep out the Tartars, about A. M. 3728, and 200 before Jefus Chrift) in a fertile Plain, in the Form of a vaft Square; each Side being 12 Chinese Lys or Furlongs in Length, i. e. 3600 Paces, with 12 Gates, ftately Palaces and Temples, wherein are Idols of maffy Gold, as big as the Life. The Streets are very ftrait, and at the longest 120 Feet, but very dirty. It is the largest and moft beautiful City on the Face of the Earth. There is a moft

prodigious Bell, weighing 120,000 Pounds; it is 11 Foot Diameter, 12 Foot high.

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(3) Agra; Indian. The Capital City of the Province of Agra, larger than Dehli, (Mog. i. e. A vaft Extent) and a great City in India; being 9 Miles, in the Form of an Half Moon, with a mighty and admirable Caftle. It ftands upon the River Gemn or Gemini, on this Side the Ganges, and is the Metropolis of the Moghol's Empire; but the Houses are low, mean, and made up of Straw, at a good Distance and encompass'd with high Walls, that their Women may not be feen. It lies in 2z Degrees and an half Northern Latitude, 210 Leagues from Surat, 150 from Labor, and 35 from Debli. Some reckon 25000 Chriftian Families there, befides Heathens; but the Muhammedans are moft in Number. Agra was made the Imperial City by Moghol Akbar, A.D. 1566, who called it Akbarabed, i. e. The Habitation of Akbar. Shah Jehab (Perf. i. e. King John) removed from Agra to Debli, March 29, A. D. 1647, and called it Shah Jehanabed, i. e. The Habitation of King John. Debli pays 3,125,000/. of yearly Revenues to the Emperor.

(z) Labor, or Lhor; Perf. from the Heb. i. e. Light. The Capital City of the Kingdom or Province of Labor, which contains feveral Kingdoms. It is three Leagues in Length, yields 37 Millions per Ann. to the Moghul, and there the Emperors kept their Court, from A. D. 1155, 'till they removed to A

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