Who first seduc‘d them to that fowl revolt?
Th‘ infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envu and Revenge, deceiv‘d the Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav‘n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory above his Peers, He trusted to have equal‘d the most High, If he oppos‘d; and with ambitious aim Against the Throne and Monarchyof God Rais‘d impious awar in Heav‘n and Battle proud With vain attempt.
- P12