Excerpt from Paradise Lost, Vol. 2: A Poem in Twelve Books Raphael at the requeft of Adam relates how wherefore this world was firft created; that God, after the expelling of Satan and his Angels out of Heaven, declar'd his pleafu re to create another world and other creatures to dwell therein; fend: his Son with glory and attendence of Angels to perform the work of creation in fix days: the Mgels celebrate with hymns the performance thereof, and his reafcenfion into Heaven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.