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When Charlemain

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

Charlemain was King of France and Emperour of Germany, who abou the Year 800, undertook a War against the Sacrons in Spain where Aigoland Bellingan Marsiles and Idnabula had erected feveral petty Kingdoms; these joined against Charlemain, who in his Royal Army had with him, Milton Count of Angiers his Brother-In Law, Romland his Nephew, Renaud of Montauban, Roger the Dane, Arnold of terate Age, confounded their Story, and cover'd it with much Confusion and Obscurity.
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Related:  custome,  some belated Peasant,  The fellows of his crime, the followers rather,  Swarm'd and were straitn'd; till the Signal giv'n.,  Bullion,  Hath scath'd the Forrest Oaks,  How such united force of Gods, how such,  Hurling defiance,  Begirt,  Cherubim,  Armoric,  Aspramont,  He spake,  Which tempted our attempt,  Shorn of his Beams,  Brusht with the hiss of russling wings,  Naphtha,  Horizontal misty Air,  remorse,  impious,  Belus or Serapis,  fretted Gold,  downward bent,  and what resounds,  Was not inglorious,  As when the Sun,  cruel his eye,  when Ægypt with Assyria strove,  Pigmean Race,  his Regal State [ 640 ] Put forth at full,  Mammon,  New rub'd with Baum,  repulse,  assayd,  intrencht,  All her Original brightness,  but half his foe,  amerc't,  Eternal Splendors flung [ 610 ] For his revolt,  Peerage,  for his fault,  puissant,  beatific,  who overcomes By force,  Distends with pride,  ribs of Gold,  Myriads,  considerate Pride Waiting revenge,  Of dauntless courage,  Browes,  Sat on his faded cheek,  or Romance,  upheld by old repute,  auxiliar,  Baptiz'd or Infidel,  Thir Glory witherd,  imbodied,  Words interwove,  they relate,  Warr'd on by Cranes,  Theb's,  Rifl'd the bowels of thir mother,  in Bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover,  shall fail to re-ascend,  dim Eclips,  presaging,  Mulciber,  Ilium,  guile,  these beyond Compare of mortal prowess,  Monarch in Heav'n,  thir stately growth,  Stands on the blasted Heath,  As when Heavens Fire,  griesly,  Then that small infantry warr'd on by Cranes,  Tears such as Angels weep,  but what power of mind,  Brigad,  Heav'ns pavement, trod'n Gold,  bossy Sculptures,  to have thir lot in pain,  Sits Arbitress,  Thir visages,  Hateful to utter,  Paynim,  Pandæmonium,  Stood like a Towr,  awful,  Cressets,  veins of liquid fire,  Monuments of Fame,  Phlegra,  attention held them mute,  Uthers,  Ausonian,  Sovran,  testifies,  Doric,  Alcairo,  scurff,  Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond,,  Self-rais'd, and repossess,  Pioners,  Fontarabbia,  That in his womb was hid metallic Ore,  Babilon,  fame,  wing'd with speed,  conclave,  Perplexes Monarchs,  Thither,  Space may produce new Worlds,  hardening in this strength glories,  th' event,  Could merit more,  about the Hive [ 770 ] In clusters,  Seraphic Lords and Cherubim,  Deep scars of Thunder had,  Memphian,  In shape and gesture proudly eminent,  Babel,  From wing to wing, and half enclose him round,  Biserta