Excerpt from The Works of John Milton, Vol. 5: In Verse and Prose; Printed From the Original Editions With a Life of the Author by John Mitford That which follows, perhaps as wide from truth, though feeming leis impertinent, is, that the Samo t/zeans under the Reign of Bardus were fubdu'd by zillion a Giant, Son of Neptune who call'd the Ilaud after his own name, and rul'd it 44..years. Till at length pafiing over into Gaul, in aid of his Brother Leylrygon, againft whom Hercules was halting out of Spain into Italy, he was there flain in fight, and Ber gion alfo his Brother. 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.