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