'396 SAMSON AGONISTES, And on his (boulders waving down thole locks, That of a nation arm'd the ftrength contain'd And I perluade me God had not permitted 1495 His ftrength again to grow up with his hair 4arrifon'd round about him like a camp Of faithful foldiery, were not his purpole To ufe him further yet in Ionic great fervice, Not to fit idle with fo great a gift 'sob 'Welds, and thence ridiculous about him, And fince his fltength with eye-fight was not loft, God will reftore him eye-fight to his (trend). Cho. Thy hopes are not ill founded nor teem vain Of his delivery, and thy joy thereon isos conceiv'd, agreeable to a father's love, In both which we, as next, participate. [noife! Man. I know your friendly minds and-0 what Mercy of heav'n, what hideous noife was that ! Horribly loud, unlike the former !bout. 1513 Cho. Noife call you it or univerfal groan, As if the whole inhabitation perifh'd! Blood, death, and deathful deeds are in that noife, deftruttion at the utmoft point. Man. Of ruin indeed methought I heard the noire Oh it continues, they have flain my fon. 150 Cho. 'I hy fon is rather flaying them, that outcry From flaughter of one foe could not afcend. Man. Some difmal accident it needs mutt be ; What fhall we do, flay here or run and fee ? 1520 Cho. fc3eft keep together here, left running thither We unawares run into danger's mouth. This evil on the Philiflines is fall'n ; From whom could elle a general cry be heard ? , 'he loft-ere:7s then will fcarce moleft us here, 152$ From other hands we need not much to fear. What if his eye-fight (tor to 'fuel's God Nothing
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