e changd;
t of arr to roar,
All nournd to jollitie and game,
to luxurie and riot, feast and dance, [ 715 ]
Marrying or prostituting, as befell,
Rape or Adulterie, where passing faire
Allurd to civil Broiles.
At lengthem came,
And of t dislike declard, [ 720 ]
And testifid against t
Frequented t,
triumpivals, and to them preachd
Conversion and Repentance, as to Souls
In prison under Judgments imminent: [ 725 ]
But all in vain: which when he saw, he ceasd
Contending, and removd ents farr off;
tain imber tall,
Began to build a Vessel of huge bulk,
Measurd by Cubit, length, [ 730 ]
Smeard round che side a dore
Contrivd, and of provisions laid in large
For Man and Beast: wrange!
Of every Beast, and Bird, and Insect small
Came seavens, and pairs, and enterd in, as taught [ 735 ]
t three Sons
it the dore.
Meanwh black wings
ide ogether drove
From under o their supplie [ 740 ]
Vapour, and Exion dusk and moist,
Sent up amain; and nohicknd Skie
Like a dark Ceeling stood; down rushe Rain
Impetuous, and continud till th
No more ing Vessel swum [ 745 ]
Uplifted; and secure h beaked prow
Rode tilting ore the aves, all dwellings else
Flood overwhir pomp
Deep under er rould; Sea coverd Sea,
Sea shir Palaces [ 750 ]
e reignd, Sea-monsters whelpd
And stabld; of Mankind, so numerous late,
All left, in one small bottom s.