To whom sad Eve with shame nigh overwhelmd,
fessing soo not before her Judge [ 160 ]
Bold or loquacious, thus abasht replid.
The Serpent me beguild and I did eate.
Which when the Lod heard, without delay
To Judgement he proceeded on th accusd
Serpent though brute, uo transferre [ 165 ]
The Guilt on him who made him instrument
Of mischief, and polluted from the end
Of his Creation; justly then accurst,
As vitiated in Nature: more to know
d not Man (since he no further knew) [ 170 ]
Nor alterd his offence; yet God at last
To Satan first in sin his doom applyd
Though in mysterious terms, judgd as the:
And on the Serpent thus his curse let fall.
Because thou hast dohis, thou art accurst [ 175 ]
Above all Cattle, each Beast of the Field;
Upon thy Belly groveling thou shalt goe,
And dust shalt eat all the dayes of thy Life.
Between Thee and the Woman I will put
Enmitie, aween thine and her Seed; [ 180 ]
Her Seed shall bruise thy head, thou bruise his heel.
So spake this Oracle, then verifid
When Jesus son of Mary sed Eve,
Saw Satan fall like Lightning down from Heavn,
Prince of the Aire; then rising from his Grave [ 185 ]
Spoild Principalities and Powers, triumpht
In open shew, and with astiht
Captivity led captive through the Aire,
The Realm it self of Satan long usurpt,
Whom he shall tread at last under our feet; [ 190 ]
Eevn hee who now foretold his fatal bruise,
And to the Woman thus his Senteurnd.
Thy sorrow I will greatly multiplie
By thy ception; Children thou shalt bring
In sorrow forth, and to thy Husbands will [ 195 ]
Thine shall submit, hee over thee shall rule.
On Adam last thus judgement he pronouncd.