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labour to avert

V. 302. I labour to avert; Think not amiss then, if I endeavour to prevent such a Dis|grace from falling on thee when alone. Misdeem, judge not ill of; of Mis and Deem. De|man, Sax. to judge. To avert, Avertere, Lat. to put by. Affront, Bo. I. V. 391.

Hume, Patrick. "Annotations on Milton's Paradise lost wherein the texts of sacred writ, relating to the poem, are quoted, the parallel places and imitations of the most excellent Homer and Virgil, cited and compared, all the obscure parts by P.H. ..."Bodleian Library 2(1695). Early English Books Online. Web. 16 October 2014.
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IX.279 - IX.566

Related:  and still erect,,  God or thee,,  the Patriarch of Mankinde,  Firm we subsist,,  specious,  Vertue,  done his part,,  domestick Adam,  For such thou art, from sin and blame entire:,  not free, absents thee more,  without exterior help sustaind?,  fervently,  Nothing imperfet or deficient left [ 345 ],  Reason he made right,  In narrow circuit strait'nd by a Foe,,  though last,  Alone,  Adam, misthought of her to thee so dear?,  But that thou shouldst my firmness therfore doubt,  Eden,  single or combin'd.,  submiss,  misthought,  guile,  asperses,  Access in every Vertue, in thy sight [ 310 ],  Reason he made right,  Persisted, yet submiss,  approve,  surmise prov'd false,  Thou sever not:,  And what is Faith, Love, Vertue unassaid [ 335 ],  Enemie, though bold, will hardly dare,  Faith,  Daughter of God and Man, immortal Eve,,  Heav'n,  But God left free the Will, for what obeyes,  Some Spacious object,  wouldst resent,  Sticks no dishonor on our Front, but turns [ 330 ],  Go; for thy stay,... (line 372-4)