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The fellows of his crime, the followers rather

Hume, Patrick. Annotations on Milton's Paradise Lost London: Printed for Jacob Tonson ..., 1695. Print.

Fellows, seems to imply the chief Contrivers, and Complotters of his bold Rebellions' the Followers those, that by his Athority and sly Insinuations were perswaded to fight with him, therefore not so criminal, though inexcusable, it being impossible Angelick Beings could sin through ignorance.
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Related:  Babel,  Sovran,  Begirt,  Thir visages,  Warr'd on by Cranes,  these beyond Compare of mortal prowess,  Fontarabbia,  dim Eclips,  guile,  attention held them mute,  or Romance,  As when the Sun,  In shape and gesture proudly eminent,  when Ægypt with Assyria strove,  Stood like a Towr,  Horizontal misty Air,  Words interwove,  beatific,  When Charlemain,  Tears such as Angels weep,  fretted Gold,  veins of liquid fire,  auxiliar,  thir stately growth,  Which tempted our attempt,  Stands on the blasted Heath,  awful,  bossy Sculptures,  Thither,  griesly,  Memphian,  Phlegra,  Of dauntless courage,  Deep scars of Thunder had,  New rub'd with Baum,  Ilium,  As when Heavens Fire,  fame,  scurff,  Heav'ns pavement, trod'n Gold,  Pandæmonium,  upheld by old repute,  Browes,  Pigmean Race,  Perplexes Monarchs,  hardening in this strength glories,  impious,  Rifl'd the bowels of thir mother,  Monarch in Heav'n,  Then that small infantry warr'd on by Cranes,  in Bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover,  Cherubim,  Sat on his faded cheek,  some belated Peasant,  downward bent,  That in his womb was hid metallic Ore,  custome,  Hurling defiance,  Babilon,  Uthers,  Was not inglorious,  Theb's,  wing'd with speed,  considerate Pride Waiting revenge,  Eternal Splendors flung [ 610 ] For his revolt,  conclave,  Sits Arbitress,  Aspramont,  Self-rais'd, and repossess,  they relate,  Ausonian,  amerc't,  Distends with pride,  cruel his eye,  Shorn of his Beams,  his Regal State [ 640 ] Put forth at full,  Baptiz'd or Infidel,  Brusht with the hiss of russling wings,  Bullion,  Mammon,  Hath scath'd the Forrest Oaks,  Swarm'd and were straitn'd; till the Signal giv'n.,  Could merit more,  th' event,  for his fault,  puissant,  Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond,,  testifies,  presaging,  intrencht,  Doric,  Paynim,  to have thir lot in pain,  who overcomes By force,  Belus or Serapis,  shall fail to re-ascend,  repulse,  Naphtha,  but what power of mind,  Pioners,  Myriads,  Hateful to utter,  Biserta,  imbodied,  Space may produce new Worlds,  and what resounds,  Peerage,  Cressets,  Alcairo,  Brigad,  assayd,  All her Original brightness,  Mulciber,  Seraphic Lords and Cherubim,  How such united force of Gods, how such,  remorse,  but half his foe,  ribs of Gold,  Armoric,  about the Hive [ 770 ] In clusters,  Thir Glory witherd,  He spake,  Monuments of Fame,  From wing to wing, and half enclose him round