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In bigneſs (illegible text) giant-ſons
Now leſse then ſmallest dwarfs, in narrow room
Throng numberleſs (illegible text) that pigmean race 780
Beyond the Indian mount, or Faerie Elves
Whoſe midnight revells, by a forreſt ſide
Or fountain, ſome belated peaſant ſees,
Or dreams hee ſees, while over head the Moon
Sits arbitreſs, and neerer to the earth
Wheels her pale courſe: they on thir mirth & d(illegible text)
Intent, with jocond muſic charme his eare;
At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Thus incorporeal ſpirits to ſmallest forms
Reduc'd thir ſhapes immenſe, and were at l(illegible text) 790
Though without number ſtill amidſt the hall
Of that infernall court. But farr within
And in thir own dimenſions like themſelves
The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim
In close receſse and ſecret conclave ſat
A thouſand Demy-gods on golden ſeats
Frequent and full. After ſhort ſilence then
And ſummons read, the great conſult began.