fyres fær micel.

So were they felled
to the fiery abyss
into the hot hell
through heedlessness
and through arrogance.
They arrived at another land
that was void of light
and was full of flame
fire's horror huge.[70]

When the fallen angel speaks, he begins thus:--

355 Is thes ænga stede
ungelic swithe
tham othrum
the we ær cuthon
heah on heofenrice
the me min hearra onlag.

This confined place
is terribly unlike
that other one
that we knew before
high in heaven's realm
which my lord conferred on me.

Having thus begun with a lamentable cry, he gradually recovers composure
and propounds a policy. He observes that God has created a new and happy