Forthwith (behold the excellehe power
Which God hath in his mighty Angels placd)
Thir Arms away they threw, and to the Hills
(For Earth hath this variety from Heavn [ 640 ]
Of pleasure situate in Hill and Dale)
Light as the Lightning glimps they ran, they flew,
From thir foundations loosning to and fro
They pluckt the seated Hills with all thir load,
Rocks, Waters, Woods, and by the shaggie tops [ 645 ]
Up lifting bore them in thir hands: Amaze,
Be sure, and terrour seisd the rebel Host,
When ing towards them so dread they saw
The bottom of the Mountains upward turnd,
Till on those cursed Engins triple-row [ 650 ]
They saw them whelmd, and all thir fidence
Uhe weight of Mountains buried deep,
Themselves invaded , and on thir heads
Main Promontories flung, whi the Air
Came shadowing, and opprest whole Legions armd, [ 655 ]
Thir armor helpd thir harm, crusht in and bruisd
Into thir substance pent, which wrought them pain
Implacable, and many a dolorous groan,
Long strugling underh, ere they could wind
Out of such prison, though Spirits of purest light, [ 660 ]
Purest at first, now gross by sinning grown.
The rest in imitation to like Armes
Betook them, and the neighb Hills uptore;
So Hills amid the Air enterd Hills
Hurld to and fro with jaculation dire, [ 665 ]
That under ground, they fought in dismal shade;
Infernal noise; Warr seemd a civil Game
To this uproar; horrid fusio
Upon fusion rose: and now all Heavn
Had goo wrack, with ruin overspred, [ 670 ]
Had not th Almightie Father where he sits
Shrind in his Sanctuarie of Heavn secure,
sulting on the sum of things, foreseen
This tumult, ated all, advisd:
That his great purpose he might so fulfill, [ 675 ]
To honour his Anointed Son avengd
Upon his enemies, and to declare
All power on him transferrd: wheo his Son
Th Assessor of his Throhus began.