  PERPLEX'D and troubl'd at his bad success The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply, Discover'd in his fraud, thrown from his hope, So oft, an Transcriber's Note: Title page of first edition of Samson Agonistes follows: SAMSON AGONISTES, A DRAMATIC POEM. —————————————————————————————— The Author JOHN MILTON —————————————————————————————— Aristot. Poet. Cap. 6. Tragedia mimeis praxeos spadaias, &c. Tragedia est imitatio actionis seriae. &c. Per misericordiam & metum perficiens talium affectuum lustrationem. —————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————— LONDON. Printed by J.M. for John Starkey at the Mitre in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar. MDCLXXI |
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