SCENE 4.

ADAM.

Acknowledges the beneficence of God, and retires to repose in the shade.

GoD refolves to form a companion for Adam, and does fo while Adam is fleeping-he then awakes Adam, and prefenting to him his new affociate, bleffes them both; then leaves them, recommending obedience to his commands.

SCENE 2%

ADAM and EV E.

Adam receives Eve as his wife-praises her, and entreats her to join with him in revering and obeying God-she promises fubmiffion to his will, and intreats his instructionhe tells her the prohibition, and enlarges on the beauties of Paradife on his speaking of flocks, fhe defires to fee them, and he departs to fhew her the various animals.

SCENE 3.

LUCIFER, BELIAL, SATAN.

Lucifer laments his expulfion from heaven, and meditates revenge against man-the other demons relate the cause of

their

their expulfion, and stimulate Lucifer to the revenge he meditates-he refolves to employ the Serpent.

SCENE 4.

The SERPENT, EVE, LUCIFER.

The Serpent questions Eve-derides her fear and her obedience-tempts her to taste the apple-fhe expreffes her eagerness to do fo-the Serpent exults in the profpect of her perdition-Lucifer (who seems to remain as a separate perfon from the Serpent) expreffes alfo his exultation, and fteps afide to liften to a dialogue between Adam and Eve.

SCENE 5.

EVE, ADA M.

Eve declares her refolution to taste the apple, and present it to her husband-she tastes it, and expreffes unufual hope and animation-fhe fays the Serpent has not deceived hershe feels no fign of death, and prefents the fruit to her hufband-he reproves her-fhe perfifts in preffing him to eat-he complies-declares the fruit fweet, but begins to tremble at his own nakedness-he repents, and expreffes his remorse and terror-Eve propofes to form a covering of leaves-they retire to hide themselves in foliage.

End of the Second Act.

ACT

ACT THE THIRD.

SCENE I..

LUCIFER, BELIAL, SATAN.

LUCIFER exults in his fuccefs, and the other demons applaud him.

SCENE 2.

RAPHAEL, MICHAEL, GABRIEL.

Thefe good spirits lament the fall, and retire with awe on the appearance of God.

SCENE 3.

GOD, EVE, ADAM.

God calls on Adam-he appears and laments his nakedness -God interrogates him concerning the tree-he confeffes his offence, and accuses Eve-she blames the Serpent-God pronounces his malediction, and fends them from his presence.

SCENE 4.

RAPHAEL, EVE, and ADAM.

Raphael bids them depart from Paradife-Adam laments his destiny-Raphael perfifts in driving them rather harshly from the garden-Adam begs that his innocent children may

not

not fuffer for the fault of their mother-Raphael replies, that not only his children, but all his race, must suffer, and continues to drive them from the garden Adam obeys Eve laments, but foon comforts Adam-he at length departs, animating himself with the idea, that to an intrepid heart every region is a home.

SCENE 5.

A CHERUB,

Moralizing on the creation and fall of Adam, concludes the third and last act.

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FINI S.