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+                     Paradise Regained

+                     -----------------

+                      by: John Milton

+

+THE FIRST BOOK

+--------------

+

+I, WHO erewhile the happy Garden sung

+By one man's disobedience lost, now sing

+Recovered Paradise to all mankind,

+By one man's firm obedience fully tried

+Through all temptation, and the Tempter foiled

+In all his wiles, defeated and repulsed,

+And Eden raised in the waste Wilderness.

+  Thou Spirit, who led'st this glorious Eremite

+Into the desert, his victorious field

+Against the spiritual foe, and brought'st him thence        10

+By proof the undoubted Son of God, inspire,

+As thou art wont, my prompted song, else mute,

+And bear through highth or depth of Nature's bounds,

+With prosperous wing full summed, to tell of deeds

+Above heroic, though in secret done,

+And unrecorded left through many an age:

+Worthy to have not remained so long unsung.

+  Now had the great Proclaimer, with a voice

+More awful than the sound of trumpet, cried

+Repentance, and Heaven's kingdom nigh at hand               20

+To all baptized.  To his great baptism flocked

+With awe the regions round, and with them came

+From Nazareth the son of Joseph deemed

+To the flood Jordan--came as then obscure,

+Unmarked, unknown.  But him the Baptist soon

+Descried, divinely warned, and witness bore

+As to his worthier, and would have resigned

+To him his heavenly office.  Nor was long

+His witness unconfirmed: on him baptized

+Heaven opened, and in likeness of a Dove                    30

+The Spirit descended, while the Father's voice

+From Heaven pronounced him his beloved Son.

+That heard the Adversary, who, roving still

+About the world, at that assembly famed

+Would not be last, and, with the voice divine

+Nigh thunder-struck, the exalted man to whom

+Such high attest was given a while surveyed

+With wonder; then, with envy fraught and rage,

+Flies to his place, nor rests, but in mid air

+To council summons all his mighty Peers,                    40

+Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved,

+A gloomy consistory; and them amidst,

+With looks aghast and sad, he thus bespake:--

+  "O ancient Powers of Air and this wide World

+(For much more willingly I mention Air,

+This our old conquest, than remember Hell,

+Our hated habitation), well ye know

+How many ages, as the years of men,

+This Universe we have possessed, and ruled

+In manner at our will the affairs of Earth,                 50

+Since Adam and his facile consort Eve

+Lost Paradise, deceived by me, though since

+With dread attending when that fatal wound

+Shall be inflicted by the seed of Eve

+Upon my head.  Long the decrees of Heaven

+Delay, for longest time to Him is short;

+And now, too soon for us, the circling hours

+This dreaded time have compassed, wherein we

+Must bide the stroke of that long-threatened wound

+(At least, if so we can, and by the head                    60

+Broken be not intended all our power

+To be infringed, our freedom and our being

+In this fair empire won of Earth and Air)--

+For this ill news I bring: The Woman's Seed,

+Destined to this, is late of woman born.

+His birth to our just fear gave no small cause;

+But his growth now to youth's full flower, displaying

+All virtue, grace and wisdom to achieve

+Things highest, greatest, multiplies my fear.

+Before him a great Prophet, to proclaim                     70

+His coming, is sent harbinger, who all

+Invites, and in the consecrated stream

+Pretends to wash off sin, and fit them so

+Purified to receive him pure, or rather

+To do him honour as their King.  All come,

+And he himself among them was baptized--

+Not thence to be more pure, but to receive

+The testimony of Heaven, that who he is

+Thenceforth the nations may not doubt.  I saw

+The Prophet do him reverence; on him, rising                80

+Out of the water, Heaven above the clouds

+Unfold her crystal doors; thence on his head

+A perfet Dove descend (whate'er it meant);

+And out of Heaven the sovraign voice I heard,

+'This is my Son beloved,--in him am pleased.'

+His mother, than, is mortal, but his Sire

+He who obtains the monarchy of Heaven;

+And what will He not do to advance his Son?

+His first-begot we know, and sore have felt,

+When his fierce thunder drove us to the Deep;               90

+Who this is we must learn, for Man he seems

+In all his lineaments, though in his face

+The glimpses of his Father's glory shine.

+Ye see our danger on the utmost edge

+Of hazard, which admits no long debate,

+But must with something sudden be opposed

+(Not force, but well-couched fraud, well-woven snares),

+Ere in the head of nations he appear,

+Their king, their leader, and supreme on Earth.

+I, when no other durst, sole undertook                      100

+The dismal expedition to find out

+And ruin Adam, and the exploit performed

+Successfully: a calmer voyage now

+Will waft me; and the way found prosperous once

+Induces best to hope of like success."

+  He ended, and his words impression left

+Of much amazement to the infernal crew,

+Distracted and surprised with deep dismay

+At these sad tidings.  But no time was then

+For long indulgence to their fears or grief:                110

+Unanimous they all commit the care

+And management of this man enterprise

+To him, their great Dictator, whose attempt

+At first against mankind so well had thrived

+In Adam's overthrow, and led their march

+From Hell's deep-vaulted den to dwell in light,

+Regents, and potentates, and kings, yea gods,

+Of many a pleasant realm and province wide.

+So to the coast of Jordan he directs

+His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles,                    120

+Where he might likeliest find this new-declared,

+This man of men, attested Son of God,

+Temptation and all guile on him to try--

+So to subvert whom he suspected raised

+To end his reign on Earth so long enjoyed:

+But, contrary, unweeting he fulfilled

+The purposed counsel, pre-ordained and fixed,

+Of the Most High, who, in full frequence bright

+Of Angels, thus to Gabriel smiling spake:--

+  "Gabriel, this day, by proof, thou shalt behold,          130

+Thou and all Angels conversant on Earth

+With Man or men's affairs, how I begin

+To verify that solemn message late,

+On which I sent thee to the Virgin pure

+In Galilee, that she should bear a son,

+Great in renown, and called the Son of God.

+Then told'st her, doubting how these things could be

+To her a virgin, that on her should come

+The Holy Ghost, and the power of the Highest

+O'ershadow her.  This Man, born and now upgrown,            140

+To shew him worthy of his birth divine

+And high prediction, henceforth I expose

+To Satan; let him tempt, and now assay

+His utmost subtlety, because he boasts

+And vaunts of his great cunning to the throng

+Of his Apostasy.  He might have learnt

+Less overweening, since he failed in Job,

+Whose constant perseverance overcame

+Whate'er his cruel malice could invent.

+He now shall know I can produce a man,                      150

+Of female seed, far abler to resist

+All his solicitations, and at length

+All his vast force, and drive him back to Hell--

+Winning by conquest what the first man lost

+By fallacy surprised.  But first I mean

+To exercise him in the Wilderness;

+There he shall first lay down the rudiments

+Of his great warfare, ere I send him forth

+To conquer Sin and Death, the two grand foes.

+By humiliation and strong sufferance                        160

+His weakness shall o'ercome Satanic strength,

+And all the world, and mass of sinful flesh;

+That all the Angels and aethereal Powers--

+They now, and men hereafter--may discern

+From what consummate virtue I have chose

+This perfet man, by merit called my Son,

+To earn salvation for the sons of men."

+  So spake the Eternal Father, and all Heaven

+Admiring stood a space; then into hymns

+Burst forth, and in celestial measures moved,               170

+Circling the throne and singing, while the hand

+Sung with the voice, and this the argument:--

+  "Victory and triumph to the Son of God,

+Now entering his great duel, not of arms,

+But to vanquish by wisdom hellish wiles!

+The Father knows the Son; therefore secure

+Ventures his filial virtue, though untried,

+Against whate'er may tempt, whate'er seduce,

+Allure, or terrify, or undermine.

+Be frustrate, all ye stratagems of Hell,                    180

+And, devilish machinations, come to nought!"

+  So they in Heaven their odes and vigils tuned.

+Meanwhile the Son of God, who yet some days

+Lodged in Bethabara, where John baptized,

+Musing and much revolving in his breast

+How best the mighty work he might begin

+Of Saviour to mankind, and which way first

+Publish his godlike office now mature,

+One day forth walked alone, the Spirit leading

+And his deep thoughts, the better to converse               190

+With solitude, till, far from track of men,

+Thought following thought, and step by step led on,

+He entered now the bordering Desert wild,

+And, with dark shades and rocks environed round,

+His holy meditations thus pursued:--

+  "O what a multitude of thoughts at once

+Awakened in me swarm, while I consider

+What from within I feel myself, and hear

+What from without comes often to my ears,

+Ill sorting with my present state compared!                 200

+When I was yet a child, no childish play

+To me was pleasing; all my mind was set

+Serious to learn and know, and thence to do,

+What might be public good; myself I thought

+Born to that end, born to promote all truth,

+All righteous things.  Therefore, above my years,

+The Law of God I read, and found it sweet;

+Made it my whole delight, and in it grew

+To such perfection that, ere yet my age

+Had measured twice six years, at our great Feast            210

+I went into the Temple, there to hear

+The teachers of our Law, and to propose

+What might improve my knowledge or their own,

+And was admired by all.  Yet this not all

+To which my spirit aspired.  Victorious deeds

+Flamed in my heart, heroic acts--one while

+To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke;

+Then to subdue and quell, o'er all the earth,

+Brute violence and proud tyrannic power,

+Till truth were freed, and equity restored:                 220

+Yet held it more humane, more heavenly, first

+By winning words to conquer willing hearts,

+And make persuasion do the work of fear;

+At least to try, and teach the erring soul,

+Not wilfully misdoing, but unware

+Misled; the stubborn only to subdue.

+These growing thoughts my mother soon perceiving,

+By words at times cast forth, inly rejoiced,

+And said to me apart, 'High are thy thoughts,

+O Son! but nourish them, and let them soar                  230

+To what highth sacred virtue and true worth

+Can raise them, though above example high;

+By matchless deeds express thy matchless Sire.

+For know, thou art no son of mortal man;

+Though men esteem thee low of parentage,

+Thy Father is the Eternal King who rules

+All Heaven and Earth, Angels and sons of men.

+A messenger from God foretold thy birth

+Conceived in me a virgin; he foretold

+Thou shouldst be great, and sit on David's throne,          240

+And of thy kingdom there should be no end.

+At thy nativity a glorious quire

+Of Angels, in the fields of Bethlehem, sung

+To shepherds, watching at their folds by night,

+And told them the Messiah now was born,

+Where they might see him; and to thee they came,

+Directed to the manger where thou lay'st;

+For in the inn was left no better room.

+A Star, not seen before, in heaven appearing,

+Guided the Wise Men thither from the East,                  250

+To honour thee with incense, myrrh, and gold;

+By whose bright course led on they found the place,

+Affirming it thy star, new-graven in heaven,

+By which they knew thee King of Israel born.

+Just Simeon and prophetic Anna, warned

+By vision, found thee in the Temple, and spake,

+Before the altar and the vested priest,

+Like things of thee to all that present stood.'

+This having heart, straight I again revolved

+The Law and Prophets, searching what was writ               260

+Concerning the Messiah, to our scribes

+Known partly, and soon found of whom they spake

+I am--this chiefly, that my way must lie

+Through many a hard assay, even to the death,

+Ere I the promised kingdom can attain,

+Or work redemption for mankind, whose sins'

+Full weight must be transferred upon my head.

+Yet, neither thus disheartened or dismayed,

+The time prefixed I waited; when behold

+The Baptist (of whose birth I oft had heard,                270

+Not knew by sight) now come, who was to come

+Before Messiah, and his way prepare!

+I, as all others, to his baptism came,

+Which I believed was from above; but he

+Straight knew me, and with loudest voice proclaimed

+Me him (for it was shewn him so from Heaven)--

+Me him whose harbinger he was; and first

+Refused on me his baptism to confer,

+As much his greater, and was hardly won.

+But, as I rose out of the laving stream,                    280

+Heaven opened her eternal doors, from whence

+The Spirit descended on me like a Dove;

+And last, the sum of all, my Father's voice,

+Audibly heard from Heaven, pronounced me his,

+Me his beloved Son, in whom alone

+He was well pleased: by which I knew the time

+Now full, that I no more should live obscure,

+But openly begin, as best becomes

+The authority which I derived from Heaven.

+And now by some strong motion I am led                      290

+Into this wilderness; to what intent

+I learn not yet.  Perhaps I need not know;

+For what concerns my knowledge God reveals."

+  So spake our Morning Star, then in his rise,

+And, looking round, on every side beheld

+A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades.

+The way he came, not having marked return,

+Was difficult, by human steps untrod;

+And he still on was led, but with such thoughts

+Accompanied of things past and to come                      300

+Lodged in his breast as well might recommend

+Such solitude before choicest society.

+  Full forty days he passed--whether on hill

+Sometimes, anon in shady vale, each night

+Under the covert of some ancient oak

+Or cedar to defend him from the dew,

+Or harboured in one cave, is not revealed;

+Nor tasted human food, nor hunger felt,

+Till those days ended; hungered then at last

+Among wild beasts.  They at his sight grew mild,            310

+Nor sleeping him nor waking harmed; his walk

+The fiery serpent fled and noxious worm;

+The lion and fierce tiger glared aloof.

+But now an aged man in rural weeds,

+Following, as seemed, the quest of some stray eye,

+Or withered sticks to gather, which might serve

+Against a winter's day, when winds blow keen,

+To warm him wet returned from field at eve,

+He saw approach; who first with curious eye

+Perused him, then with words thus uttered spake:--          320

+  "Sir, what ill chance hath brought thee to this place,

+So far from path or road of men, who pass

+In troop or caravan? for single none

+Durst ever, who returned, and dropt not here

+His carcass, pined with hunger and with droughth.

+I ask the rather, and the more admire,

+For that to me thou seem'st the man whom late

+Our new baptizing Prophet at the ford

+Of Jordan honoured so, and called thee Son

+Of God.  I saw and heard, for we sometimes                  330

+Who dwell this wild, constrained by want, come forth

+To town or village nigh (nighest is far),

+Where aught we hear, and curious are to hear,

+What happens new; fame also finds us out."

+  To whom the Son of God:--"Who brought me hither

+Will bring me hence; no other guide I seek."

+  "By miracle he may," replied the swain;

+"What other way I see not; for we here

+Live on tough roots and stubs, to thirst inured

+More than the camel, and to drink go far--                  340

+Men to much misery and hardship born.

+But, if thou be the Son of God, command

+That out of these hard stones be made thee bread;

+So shalt thou save thyself, and us relieve

+With food, whereof we wretched seldom taste."

+  He ended, and the Son of God replied:--

+"Think'st thou such force in bread?  Is it not written

+(For I discern thee other than thou seem'st),

+Man lives not by bread only, but each word

+Proceeding from the mouth of God, who fed                   350

+Our fathers here with manna?  In the Mount

+Moses was forty days, nor eat nor drank;

+And forty days Eliah without food

+Wandered this barren waste; the same I now.

+Why dost thou, then, suggest to me distrust

+Knowing who I am, as I know who thou art?"

+  Whom thus answered the Arch-Fiend, now undisguised:--

+"'Tis true, I am that Spirit unfortunate

+Who, leagued with millions more in rash revolt,

+Kept not my happy station, but was driven                   360

+With them from bliss to the bottomless Deep--

+Yet to that hideous place not so confined

+By rigour unconniving but that oft,

+Leaving my dolorous prison, I enjoy

+Large liberty to round this globe of Earth,

+Or range in the Air; nor from the Heaven of Heavens

+Hath he excluded my resort sometimes.

+I came, among the Sons of God, when he

+Gave up into my hands Uzzean Job,

+To prove him, and illustrate his high worth;                370

+And, when to all his Angels he proposed

+To draw the proud king Ahab into fraud,

+That he might fall in Ramoth, they demurring,

+I undertook that office, and the tongues

+Of all his flattering prophets glibbed with lies

+To his destruction, as I had in charge:

+For what he bids I do.  Though I have lost

+Much lustre of my native brightness, lost

+To be beloved of God, I have not lost

+To love, at least contemplate and admire,                   380

+What I see excellent in good, or fair,

+Or virtuous; I should so have lost all sense.

+What can be then less in me than desire

+To see thee and approach thee, whom I know

+Declared the Son of God, to hear attent

+Thy wisdom, and behold thy godlike deeds?

+Men generally think me much a foe

+To all mankind.  Why should I? they to me

+Never did wrong or violence.  By them

+I lost not what I lost; rather by them                      390

+I gained what I have gained, and with them dwell

+Copartner in these regions of the World,

+If not disposer--lend them oft my aid,

+Oft my advice by presages and signs,

+And answers, oracles, portents, and dreams,

+Whereby they may direct their future life.

+Envy, they say, excites me, thus to gain

+Companions of my misery and woe!

+At first it may be; but, long since with woe

+Nearer acquainted, now I feel by proof                      400

+That fellowship in pain divides not smart,

+Nor lightens aught each man's peculiar load;

+Small consolation, then, were Man adjoined.

+This wounds me most (what can it less?) that Man,

+Man fallen, shall be restored, I never more."

+  To whom our Saviour sternly thus replied:--

+"Deservedly thou griev'st, composed of lies

+From the beginning, and in lies wilt end,

+Who boast'st release from Hell, and leave to come

+Into the Heaven of Heavens.  Thou com'st, indeed,           410

+As a poor miserable captive thrall

+Comes to the place where he before had sat

+Among the prime in splendour, now deposed,

+Ejected, emptied, gazed, unpitied, shunned,

+A spectacle of ruin, or of scorn,

+To all the host of Heaven.  The happy place

+Imparts to thee no happiness, no joy--

+Rather inflames thy torment, representing

+Lost bliss, to thee no more communicable;

+So never more in Hell than when in Heaven.                  420

+But thou art serviceable to Heaven's King!

+Wilt thou impute to obedience what thy fear

+Extorts, or pleasure to do ill excites?

+What but thy malice moved thee to misdeem

+Of righteous Job, then cruelly to afflict him

+With all inflictions? but his patience won.

+The other service was thy chosen task,

+To be a liar in four hundred mouths;

+For lying is thy sustenance, thy food.

+Yet thou pretend'st to truth! all oracles                   430

+By thee are given, and what confessed more true

+Among the nations?  That hath been thy craft,

+By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies.

+But what have been thy answers? what but dark,

+Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding,

+Which they who asked have seldom understood,

+And, not well understood, as good not known?

+Who ever, by consulting at thy shrine,

+Returned the wiser, or the more instruct

+To fly or follow what concerned him most,                   440

+And run not sooner to his fatal snare?

+For God hath justly given the nations up

+To thy delusions; justly, since they fell

+Idolatrous.  But, when his purpose is

+Among them to declare his providence,

+To thee not known, whence hast thou then thy truth,

+But from him, or his Angels president

+In every province, who, themselves disdaining

+To approach thy temples, give thee in command

+What, to the smallest tittle, thou shalt say                450

+To thy adorers?  Thou, with trembling fear,

+Or like a fawning parasite, obey'st;

+Then to thyself ascrib'st the truth foretold.

+But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched;

+No more shalt thou by oracling abuse

+The Gentiles; henceforth oracles are ceased,

+And thou no more with pomp and sacrifice

+Shalt be enquired at Delphos or elsewhere--

+At least in vain, for they shall find thee mute.

+God hath now sent his living Oracle                         460

+Into the world to teach his final will,

+And sends his Spirit of Truth henceforth to dwell

+In pious hearts, an inward oracle

+To all truth requisite for men to know."

+  So spake our Saviour; but the subtle Fiend,

+Though inly stung with anger and disdain,

+Dissembled, and this answer smooth returned:--

+  "Sharply thou hast insisted on rebuke,

+And urged me hard with doings which not will,

+But misery, hath wrested from me.  Where                    470

+Easily canst thou find one miserable,

+And not inforced oft-times to part from truth,

+If it may stand him more in stead to lie,

+Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or abjure?

+But thou art placed above me; thou art Lord;

+From thee I can, and must, submiss, endure

+Cheek or reproof, and glad to scape so quit.

+Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk,

+Smooth on the tongue discoursed, pleasing to the ear,

+And tunable as sylvan pipe or song;                         480

+What wonder, then, if I delight to hear

+Her dictates from thy mouth? most men admire

+Virtue who follow not her lore.  Permit me

+To hear thee when I come (since no man comes),

+And talk at least, though I despair to attain.

+Thy Father, who is holy, wise, and pure,

+Suffers the hypocrite or atheous priest

+To tread his sacred courts, and minister

+About his altar, handling holy things,

+Praying or vowing, and voutsafed his voice                  490

+To Balaam reprobate, a prophet yet

+Inspired: disdain not such access to me."

+  To whom our Saviour, with unaltered brow:--

+"Thy coming hither, though I know thy scope,

+I bid not, or forbid.  Do as thou find'st

+Permission from above; thou canst not more."

+  He added not; and Satan, bowling low

+His gray dissimulation, disappeared,

+Into thin air diffused: for now began

+Night with her sullen wing to double-shade                  500

+The desert; fowls in their clay nests were couched;

+And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.

+

+

+THE SECOND BOOK

+---------------

+

+MEANWHILE the new-baptized, who yet remained

+At Jordan with the Baptist, and had seen

+Him whom they heard so late expressly called

+Jesus Messiah, Son of God, declared,

+And on that high authority had believed,

+And with him talked, and with him lodged--I mean

+Andrew and Simon, famous after known,

+With others, though in Holy Writ not named--

+Now missing him, their joy so lately found,

+So lately found and so abruptly gone,                       10

+Began to doubt, and doubted many days,

+And, as the days increased, increased their doubt.

+Sometimes they thought he might be only shewn,

+And for a time caught up to God, as once

+Moses was in the Mount and missing long,

+And the great Thisbite, who on fiery wheels

+Rode up to Heaven, yet once again to come.

+Therefore, as those young prophets then with care

+Sought lost Eliah, so in each place these

+Nigh to Bethabara--in Jericho                               20

+The city of palms, AEnon, and Salem old,

+Machaerus, and each town or city walled

+On this side the broad lake Genezaret,

+Or in Peraea--but returned in vain.

+Then on the bank of Jordan, by a creek,

+Where winds with reeds and osiers whispering play,

+Plain fishermen (no greater men them call),

+Close in a cottage low together got,

+Their unexpected loss and plaints outbreathed:--

+  "Alas, from what high hope to what relapse                30

+Unlooked for are we fallen!  Our eyes beheld

+Messiah certainly now come, so long

+Expected of our fathers; we have heard

+His words, his wisdom full of grace and truth.

+'Now, now, for sure, deliverance is at hand;

+The kingdom shall to Israel be restored:'

+Thus we rejoiced, but soon our joy is turned

+Into perplexity and new amaze.

+For whither is he gone? what accident

+Hath rapt him from us? will he now retire                   40

+After appearance, and again prolong

+Our expectation?  God of Israel,

+Send thy Messiah forth; the time is come.

+Behold the kings of the earth, how they oppress

+Thy Chosen, to what highth their power unjust

+They have exalted, and behind them cast

+All fear of Thee; arise, and vindicate

+Thy glory; free thy people from their yoke!

+But let us wait; thus far He hath performed--

+Sent his Anointed, and to us revealed him                   50

+By his great Prophet pointed at and shown

+In public, and with him we have conversed.

+Let us be glad of this, and all our fears

+Lay on his providence; He will not fail,

+Nor will withdraw him now, nor will recall--

+Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence:

+Soon we shall see our hope, our joy, return."

+  Thus they out of their plaints new hope resume

+To find whom at the first they found unsought.

+But to his mother Mary, when she saw                        60

+Others returned from baptism, not her Son,

+Nor left at Jordan tidings of him none,

+Within her breast though calm, her breast though pure,

+Motherly cares and fears got head, and raised

+Some troubled thoughts, which she in sighs thus clad:--

+  "Oh, what avails me now that honour high,

+To have conceived of God, or that salute,

+'Hail, highly favoured, among women blest!'

+While I to sorrows am no less advanced,

+And fears as eminent above the lot                          70

+Of other women, by the birth I bore:

+In such a season born, when scarce a shed

+Could be obtained to shelter him or me

+From the bleak air?  A stable was our warmth,

+A manger his; yet soon enforced to fly

+Thence into Egypt, till the murderous king

+Were dead, who sought his life, and, missing, filled

+With infant blood the streets of Bethlehem.

+From Egypt home returned, in Nazareth

+Hath been our dwelling many years; his life                 80

+Private, unactive, calm, contemplative,

+Little suspicious to any king.  But now,

+Full grown to man, acknowledged, as I hear,

+By John the Baptist, and in public shewn,

+Son owned from Heaven by his Father's voice,

+I looked for some great change.  To honour? no;

+But trouble, as old Simeon plain foretold,

+That to the fall and rising he should be

+Of many in Israel, and to a sign

+Spoken against--that through my very soul                   90

+A sword shall pierce.  This is my favoured lot,

+My exaltation to afflictions high!

+Afflicted I may be, it seems, and blest!

+I will not argue that, nor will repine.

+But where delays he now?  Some great intent

+Conceals him.  When twelve years he scarce had seen,

+I lost him, but so found as well I saw

+He could not lose himself, but went about

+His Father's business.  What he meant I mused--

+Since understand; much more his absence now                 100

+Thus long to some great purpose he obscures.

+But I to wait with patience am inured;

+My heart hath been a storehouse long of things

+And sayings laid up, pretending strange events."

+  Thus Mary, pondering oft, and oft to mind

+Recalling what remarkably had passed

+Since first her Salutation heard, with thoughts

+Meekly composed awaited the fulfilling:

+The while her Son, tracing the desert wild,

+Sole, but with holiest meditations fed,                     110

+Into himself descended, and at once

+All his great work to come before him set--

+How to begin, how to accomplish best

+His end of being on Earth, and mission high.

+For Satan, with sly preface to return,

+Had left him vacant, and with speed was gone

+Up to the middle region of thick air,

+Where all his Potentates in council sate.

+There, without sign of boast, or sign of joy,

+Solicitous and blank, he thus began:--                      120

+  "Princes, Heaven's ancient Sons, AEthereal Thrones--

+Daemonian Spirits now, from the element

+Each of his reign allotted, rightlier called

+Powers of Fire, Air, Water, and Earth beneath

+(So may we hold our place and these mild seats

+Without new trouble!)--such an enemy

+Is risen to invade us, who no less

+Threatens than our expulsion down to Hell.

+I, as I undertook, and with the vote

+Consenting in full frequence was impowered,                 130

+Have found him, viewed him, tasted him; but find

+Far other labour to be undergone

+Than when I dealt with Adam, first of men,

+Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell,

+However to this Man inferior far--

+If he be Man by mother's side, at least

+With more than human gifts from Heaven adorned,

+Perfections absolute, graces divine,

+And amplitude of mind to greatest deeds.

+Therefore I am returned, lest confidence                    140

+Of my success with Eve in Paradise

+Deceive ye to persuasion over-sure

+Of like succeeding here.  I summon all

+Rather to be in readiness with hand

+Or counsel to assist, lest I, who erst

+Thought none my equal, now be overmatched."

+  So spake the old Serpent, doubting, and from all

+With clamour was assured their utmost aid

+At his command; when from amidst them rose

+Belial, the dissolutest Spirit that fell,                   150

+The sensualest, and, after Asmodai,

+The fleshliest Incubus, and thus advised:--

+  "Set women in his eye and in his walk,

+Among daughters of men the fairest found.

+Many are in each region passing fair

+As the noon sky, more like to goddesses

+Than mortal creatures, graceful and discreet,

+Expert in amorous arts, enchanting tongues

+Persuasive, virgin majesty with mild

+And sweet allayed, yet terrible to approach,                160

+Skilled to retire, and in retiring draw

+Hearts after them tangled in amorous nets.

+Such object hath the power to soften and tame

+Severest temper, smooth the rugged'st brow,

+Enerve, and with voluptuous hope dissolve,

+Draw out with credulous desire, and lead

+At will the manliest, resolutest breast,

+As the magnetic hardest iron draws.

+Women, when nothing else, beguiled the heart

+Of wisest Solomon, and made him build,                      170

+And made him bow, to the gods of his wives."

+  To whom quick answer Satan thus returned:--

+"Belial, in much uneven scale thou weigh'st

+All others by thyself.  Because of old

+Thou thyself doat'st on womankind, admiring

+Their shape, their colour, and attractive grace,

+None are, thou think'st, but taken with such toys.

+Before the Flood, thou, with thy lusty crew,

+False titled Sons of God, roaming the Earth,

+Cast wanton eyes on the daughters of men,                   180

+And coupled with them, and begot a race.

+Have we not seen, or by relation heard,

+In courts and regal chambers how thou lurk'st,

+In wood or grove, by mossy fountain-side,

+In valley or green meadow, to waylay

+Some beauty rare, Calisto, Clymene,

+Daphne, or Semele, Antiopa,

+Or Amymone, Syrinx, many more

+Too long--then lay'st thy scapes on names adored,

+Apollo, Neptune, Jupiter, or Pan,                           190

+Satyr, or Faun, or Silvan?  But these haunts

+Delight not all.  Among the sons of men

+How many have with a smile made small account

+Of beauty and her lures, easily scorned

+All her assaults, on worthier things intent!

+Remember that Pellean conqueror,

+A youth, how all the beauties of the East

+He slightly viewed, and slightly overpassed;

+How he surnamed of Africa dismissed,

+In his prime youth, the fair Iberian maid.                  200

+For Solomon, he lived at ease, and, full

+Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond

+Higher design than to enjoy his state;

+Thence to the bait of women lay exposed.

+But he whom we attempt is wiser far

+Than Solomon, of more exalted mind,

+Made and set wholly on the accomplishment

+Of greatest things.  What woman will you find,

+Though of this age the wonder and the fame,

+On whom his leisure will voutsafe an eye                    210

+Of fond desire?  Or should she, confident,

+As sitting queen adored on Beauty's throne,

+Descend with all her winning charms begirt

+To enamour, as the zone of Venus once

+Wrought that effect on Jove (so fables tell),

+How would one look from his majestic brow,

+Seated as on the top of Virtue's hill,

+Discountenance her despised, and put to rout

+All her array, her female pride deject,

+Or turn to reverent awe!  For Beauty stands                 220

+In the admiration only of weak minds

+Led captive; cease to admire, and all her plumes

+Fall flat, and shrink into a trivial toy,

+At every sudden slighting quite abashed.

+Therefore with manlier objects we must try

+His constancy--with such as have more shew

+Of worth, of honour, glory, and popular praise

+(Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wrecked);

+Or that which only seems to satisfy

+Lawful desires of nature, not beyond.                       230

+And now I know he hungers, where no food

+Is to be found, in the wide Wilderness:

+The rest commit to me; I shall let pass

+No advantage, and his strength as oft assay."

+  He ceased, and heard their grant in loud acclaim;

+Then forthwith to him takes a chosen band

+Of Spirits likest to himself in guile,

+To be at hand and at his beck appear,

+If cause were to unfold some active scene

+Of various persons, each to know his part;                  240

+Then to the desert takes with these his flight,

+Where still, from shade to shade, the Son of God,

+After forty days' fasting, had remained,

+Now hungering first, and to himself thus said:--

+  "Where will this end?  Four times ten days I have passed

+Wandering this woody maze, and human food

+Nor tasted, nor had appetite.  That fast

+To virtue I impute not, or count part

+Of what I suffer here.  If nature need not,

+Or God support nature without repast,                       250

+Though needing, what praise is it to endure?

+But now I feel I hunger; which declares

+Nature hath need of what she asks.  Yet God

+Can satisfy that need some other way,

+Though hunger still remain.  So it remain

+Without this body's wasting, I content me,

+And from the sting of famine fear no harm;

+Nor mind it, fed with better thoughts, that feed

+Me hungering more to do my Father's will."

+  It was the hour of night, when thus the Son               260

+Communed in silent walk, then laid him down

+Under the hospitable covert nigh

+Of trees thick interwoven.  There he slept,

+And dreamed, as appetite is wont to dream,

+Of meats and drinks, nature's refreshment sweet.

+Him thought he by the brook of Cherith stood,

+And saw the ravens with their horny beaks

+Food to Elijah bringing even and morn--

+Though ravenous, taught to abstain from what they brought;

+He saw the Prophet also, how he fled                        270

+Into the desert, and how there he slept

+Under a juniper--then how, awaked,

+He found his supper on the coals prepared,

+And by the Angel was bid rise and eat,

+And eat the second time after repose,

+The strength whereof sufficed him forty days:

+Sometimes that with Elijah he partook,

+Or as a guest with Daniel at his pulse.

+Thus wore out night; and now the harald Lark

+Left his ground-nest, high towering to descry               280

+The Morn's approach, and greet her with his song.

+As lightly from his grassy couch up rose

+Our Saviour, and found all was but a dream;

+Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked.

+Up to a hill anon his steps he reared,

+From whose high top to ken the prospect round,

+If cottage were in view, sheep-cote, or herd;

+But cottage, herd, or sheep-cote, none he saw--

+Only in a bottom saw a pleasant grove,

+With chaunt of tuneful birds resounding loud.               290

+Thither he bent his way, determined there

+To rest at noon, and entered soon the shade

+High-roofed, and walks beneath, and alleys brown,

+That opened in the midst a woody scene;

+Nature's own work it seemed (Nature taught Art),

+And, to a superstitious eye, the haunt

+Of wood-gods and wood-nymphs.  He viewed it round;

+When suddenly a man before him stood,

+Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad,

+As one in city or court or palace bred,                     300

+And with fair speech these words to him addressed:--

+  "With granted leave officious I return,

+But much more wonder that the Son of God

+In this wild solitude so long should bide,

+Of all things destitute, and, well I know,

+Not without hunger.  Others of some note,

+As story tells, have trod this wilderness:

+The fugitive Bond-woman, with her son,

+Outcast Nebaioth, yet found here relief

+By a providing Angel; all the race                          310

+Of Israel here had famished, had not God

+Rained from heaven manna; and that Prophet bold,

+Native of Thebez, wandering here, was fed

+Twice by a voice inviting him to eat.

+Of thee those forty days none hath regard,

+Forty and more deserted here indeed."

+  To whom thus Jesus:--"What conclud'st thou hence?

+They all had need; I, as thou seest, have none."

+  "How hast thou hunger then?" Satan replied.

+"Tell me, if food were now before thee set,                 320

+Wouldst thou not eat?"  "Thereafter as I like

+the giver," answered Jesus.  "Why should that

+Cause thy refusal?" said the subtle Fiend.

+"Hast thou not right to all created things?

+Owe not all creatures, by just right, to thee

+Duty and service, nor to stay till bid,

+But tender all their power?  Nor mention I

+Meats by the law unclean, or offered first

+To idols--those young Daniel could refuse;

+Nor proffered by an enemy--though who                       330

+Would scruple that, with want oppressed?  Behold,

+Nature ashamed, or, better to express,

+Troubled, that thou shouldst hunger, hath purveyed

+From all the elements her choicest store,

+To treat thee as beseems, and as her Lord

+With honour.  Only deign to sit and eat."

+  He spake no dream; for, as his words had end,

+Our Saviour, lifting up his eyes, beheld,

+In ample space under the broadest shade,

+A table richly spread in regal mode,                        340

+With dishes piled and meats of noblest sort

+And savour--beasts of chase, or fowl of game,

+In pastry built, or from the spit, or boiled,

+Grisamber-steamed; all fish, from sea or shore,

+Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin,

+And exquisitest name, for which was drained

+Pontus, and Lucrine bay, and Afric coast.

+Alas! how simple, to these cates compared,

+Was that crude Apple that diverted Eve!

+And at a stately sideboard, by the wine,                    350

+That fragrant smell diffused, in order stood

+Tall stripling youths rich-clad, of fairer hue

+Than Ganymed or Hylas; distant more,

+Under the trees now tripped, now solemn stood,

+Nymphs of Diana's train, and Naiades

+With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn,

+And ladies of the Hesperides, that seemed

+Fairer than feigned of old, or fabled since

+Of faery damsels met in forest wide

+By knights of Logres, or of Lyones,                         360

+Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.

+And all the while harmonious airs were heard

+Of chiming strings or charming pipes; and winds

+Of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned

+From their soft wings, and Flora's earliest smells.

+Such was the splendour; and the Tempter now

+His invitation earnestly renewed:--

+  "What doubts the Son of God to sit and eat?

+These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict

+Defends the touching of these viands pure;                  370

+Their taste no knowledge works, at least of evil,

+But life preserves, destroys life's enemy,

+Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.

+All these are Spirits of air, and woods, and springs,

+Thy gentle ministers, who come to pay

+Thee homage, and acknowledge thee their Lord.

+What doubt'st thou, Son of God?  Sit down and eat."

+  To whom thus Jesus temperately replied:--

+"Said'st thou not that to all things I had right?

+And who withholds my power that right to use?               380

+Shall I receive by gift what of my own,

+When and where likes me best, I can command?

+I can at will, doubt not, as soon as thou,

+Command a table in this wilderness,

+And call swift flights of Angels ministrant,

+Arrayed in glory, on my cup to attend:

+Why shouldst thou, then, obtrude this diligence

+In vain, where no acceptance it can find?

+And with my hunger what hast thou to do?

+Thy pompous delicacies I contemn,                           390

+And count thy specious gifts no gifts, but guiles."

+  To whom thus answered Satan, male-content:--

+"That I have also power to give thou seest;

+If of that power I bring thee voluntary

+What I might have bestowed on whom I pleased,

+And rather opportunely in this place

+Chose to impart to thy apparent need,

+Why shouldst thou not accept it?  But I see

+What I can do or offer is suspect.

+Of these things others quickly will dispose,                400

+Whose pains have earned the far-fet spoil."  With that

+Both table and provision vanished quite,

+With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard;

+Only the importune Tempter still remained,

+And with these words his temptation pursued:--

+  "By hunger, that each other creature tames,

+Thou art not to be harmed, therefore not moved;

+Thy temperance, invincible besides,

+For no allurement yields to appetite;

+And all thy heart is set on high designs,                   410

+High actions.  But wherewith to be achieved?

+Great acts require great means of enterprise;

+Thou art unknown, unfriended, low of birth,

+A carpenter thy father known, thyself

+Bred up in poverty and straits at home,

+Lost in a desert here and hunger-bit.

+Which way, or from what hope, dost thou aspire

+To greatness? whence authority deriv'st?

+What followers, what retinue canst thou gain,

+Or at thy heels the dizzy multitude,                        420

+Longer than thou canst feed them on thy cost?

+Money brings honour, friends, conquest, and realms.

+What raised Antipater the Edomite,

+And his son Herod placed on Juda's throne,

+Thy throne, but gold, that got him puissant friends?

+Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive,

+Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap--

+Not difficult, if thou hearken to me.

+Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand;

+They whom I favour thrive in wealth amain,                  430

+While virtue, valour, wisdom, sit in want."

+  To whom thus Jesus patiently replied:--

+"Yet wealth without these three is impotent

+To gain dominion, or to keep it gained--

+Witness those ancient empires of the earth,

+In highth of all their flowing wealth dissolved;

+But men endued with these have oft attained,

+In lowest poverty, to highest deeds--

+Gideon, and Jephtha, and the shepherd lad

+Whose offspring on the throne of Juda sate                  440

+So many ages, and shall yet regain

+That seat, and reign in Israel without end.

+Among the Heathen (for throughout the world

+To me is not unknown what hath been done

+Worthy of memorial) canst thou not remember

+Quintius, Fabricius, Curius, Regulus?

+For I esteem those names of men so poor,

+Who could do mighty things, and could contemn

+Riches, though offered from the hand of kings.

+And what in me seems wanting but that I                     450

+May also in this poverty as soon

+Accomplish what they did, perhaps and more?

+Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools,

+The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare; more apt

+To slacken virtue and abate her edge

+Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.

+What if with like aversion I reject

+Riches and realms!  Yet not for that a crown,

+Golden in shew, is but a wreath of thorns,

+Brings dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights,      460

+To him who wears the regal diadem,

+When on his shoulders each man's burden lies;

+For therein stands the office of a king,

+His honour, virtue, merit, and chief praise,

+That for the public all this weight he bears.

+Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules

+Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king--

+Which every wise and virtuous man attains;

+And who attains not, ill aspires to rule

+Cities of men, or headstrong multitudes,                    470

+Subject himself to anarchy within,

+Or lawless passions in him, which he serves.

+But to guide nations in the way of truth

+By saving doctrine, and from error lead

+To know, and, knowing, worship God aright,

+Is yet more kingly.  This attracts the soul,

+Governs the inner man, the nobler part;

+That other o'er the body only reigns,

+And oft by force--which to a generous mind

+So reigning can be no sincere delight.                      480

+Besides, to give a kingdom hath been thought

+Greater and nobler done, and to lay down

+Far more magnanimous, than to assume.

+Riches are needless, then, both for themselves,

+And for thy reason why they should be sought--

+To gain a sceptre, oftest better missed."

+

+

+THE THIRD BOOK

+--------------

+

+SO spake the Son of God; and Satan stood

+A while as mute, confounded what to say,

+What to reply, confuted and convinced

+Of his weak arguing and fallacious drift;

+At length, collecting all his serpent wiles,

+With soothing words renewed, him thus accosts:--

+  "I see thou know'st what is of use to know,

+What best to say canst say, to do canst do;

+Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words

+To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart            10

+Contains of good, wise, just, the perfet shape.

+Should kings and nations from thy mouth consult,

+Thy counsel would be as the oracle

+Urim and Thummim, those oraculous gems

+On Aaron's breast, or tongue of Seers old

+Infallible; or, wert thou sought to deeds

+That might require the array of war, thy skill

+Of conduct would be such that all the world

+Could not sustain thy prowess, or subsist

+In battle, though against thy few in arms.                  20

+These godlike virtues wherefore dost thou hide?

+Affecting private life, or more obscure

+In savage wilderness, wherefore deprive

+All Earth her wonder at thy acts, thyself

+The fame and glory--glory, the reward

+That sole excites to high attempts the flame

+Of most erected spirits, most tempered pure

+AEthereal, who all pleasures else despise,

+All treasures and all gain esteem as dross,

+And dignities and powers, all but the highest?              30

+Thy years are ripe, and over-ripe.  The son

+Of Macedonian Philip had ere these

+Won Asia, and the throne of Cyrus held

+At his dispose; young Scipio had brought down

+The Carthaginian pride; young Pompey quelled

+The Pontic king, and in triumph had rode.

+Yet years, and to ripe years judgment mature,

+Quench not the thirst of glory, but augment.

+Great Julius, whom now all the world admires,

+The more he grew in years, the more inflamed                40

+With glory, wept that he had lived so long

+Ingloroious.  But thou yet art not too late."

+  To whom our Saviour calmly thus replied:--

+"Thou neither dost persuade me to seek wealth

+For empire's sake, nor empire to affect

+For glory's sake, by all thy argument.

+For what is glory but the blaze of fame,

+The people's praise, if always praise unmixed?

+And what the people but a herd confused,

+A miscellaneous rabble, who extol                           50

+Things vulgar, and, well weighed, scarce worth the praise?

+They praise and they admire they know not what,

+And know not whom, but as one leads the other;

+And what delight to be by such extolled,

+To live upon their tongues, and be their talk?

+Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise--

+His lot who dares be singularly good.

+The intelligent among them and the wise

+Are few, and glory scarce of few is raised.

+This is true glory and renown--when God,                    60

+Looking on the Earth, with approbation marks

+The just man, and divulges him through Heaven

+To all his Angels, who with true applause

+Recount his praises.  Thus he did to Job,

+When, to extend his fame through Heaven and Earth,

+As thou to thy reproach may'st well remember,

+He asked thee, 'Hast thou seen my servant Job?'

+Famous he was in Heaven; on Earth less known,

+Where glory is false glory, attributed

+To things not glorious, men not worthy of fame.             70

+They err who count it glorious to subdue

+By conquest far and wide, to overrun

+Large countries, and in field great battles win,

+Great cities by assault.  What do these worthies

+But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave

+Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote,

+Made captive, yet deserving freedom more

+Than those their conquerors, who leave behind

+Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove,

+And all the flourishing works of peace destroy;             80

+Then swell with pride, and must be titled Gods,

+Great benefactors of mankind, Deliverers,

+Worshipped with temple, priest, and sacrifice?

+One is the son of Jove, of Mars the other;

+Till conqueror Death discover them scarce men,

+Rowling in brutish vices, and deformed,

+Violent or shameful death their due reward.

+But, if there be in glory aught of good;

+It may be means far different be attained,

+Without ambition, war, or violence--                        90

+By deeds of peace, by wisdom eminent,

+By patience, temperance.  I mention still

+Him whom thy wrongs, with saintly patience borne,

+Made famous in a land and times obscure;

+Who names not now with honour patient Job?

+Poor Socrates, (who next more memorable?)

+By what he taught and suffered for so doing,

+For truth's sake suffering death unjust, lives now

+Equal in fame to proudest conquerors.

+Yet, if for fame and glory aught be done,                   100

+Aught suffered--if young African for fame

+His wasted country freed from Punic rage--

+The deed becomes unpraised, the man at least,

+And loses, though but verbal, his reward.

+Shall I seek glory, then, as vain men seek,

+Oft not deserved?  I seek not mine, but His

+Who sent me, and thereby witness whence I am."

+  To whom the Tempter, murmuring, thus replied:--

+"Think not so slight of glory, therein least

+Resembling thy great Father.  He seeks glory,               110

+And for his glory all things made, all things

+Orders and governs; nor content in Heaven,

+By all his Angels glorified, requires

+Glory from men, from all men, good or bad,

+Wise or unwise, no difference, no exemption.

+Above all sacrifice, or hallowed gift,

+Glory he requires, and glory he receives,

+Promiscuous from all nations, Jew, or Greek,

+Or Barbarous, nor exception hath declared;

+From us, his foes pronounced, glory he exacts."             120

+  To whom our Saviour fervently replied:

+"And reason; since his Word all things produced,

+Though chiefly not for glory as prime end,

+But to shew forth his goodness, and impart

+His good communicable to every soul

+Freely; of whom what could He less expect

+Than glory and benediction--that is, thanks--

+The slightest, easiest, readiest recompense

+From them who could return him nothing else,

+And, not returning that, would likeliest render             130

+Contempt instead, dishonour, obloquy?

+Hard recompense, unsuitable return

+For so much good, so much beneficience!

+But why should man seek glory, who of his own

+Hath nothing, and to whom nothing belongs

+But condemnation, ignominy, and shame--

+Who, for so many benefits received,

+Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false,

+And so of all true good himself despoiled;

+Yet, sacrilegious, to himself would take                    140

+That which to God alone of right belongs?

+Yet so much bounty is in God, such grace,

+That who advances his glory, not their own,

+Them he himself to glory will advance."

+  So spake the Son of God; and here again

+Satan had not to answer, but stood struck

+With guilt of his own sin--for he himself,

+Insatiable of glory, had lost all;

+Yet of another plea bethought him soon:--

+  "Of glory, as thou wilt," said he, "so deem;              150

+Worth or not worth the seeking, let it pass.

+But to a Kingdom thou art born--ordained

+To sit upon thy father David's throne,

+By mother's side thy father, though thy right

+Be now in powerful hands, that will not part

+Easily from possession won with arms.

+Judaea now and all the Promised Land,

+Reduced a province under Roman yoke,

+Obeys Tiberius, nor is always ruled

+With temperate sway: oft have they violated                 160

+The Temple, oft the Law, with foul affronts,

+Abominations rather, as did once

+Antiochus.  And think'st thou to regain

+Thy right by sitting still, or thus retiring?

+So did not Machabeus.  He indeed

+Retired unto the Desert, but with arms;

+And o'er a mighty king so oft prevailed

+That by strong hand his family obtained,

+Though priests, the crown, and David's throne usurped,

+With Modin and her suburbs once content.                    170

+If kingdom move thee not, let move thee zeal

+And duty--zeal and duty are not slow,

+But on Occasion's forelock watchful wait:

+They themselves rather are occasion best--

+Zeal of thy Father's house, duty to free

+Thy country from her heathen servitude.

+So shalt thou best fulfil, best verify,

+The Prophets old, who sung thy endless reign--

+The happier reign the sooner it begins.

+Rein then; what canst thou better do the while?"            180

+  To whom our Saviour answer thus returned:--

+"All things are best fulfilled in their due time;

+And time there is for all things, Truth hath said.

+If of my reign Prophetic Writ hath told

+That it shall never end, so, when begin

+The Father in his purpose hath decreed--

+He in whose hand all times and seasons rowl.

+What if he hath decreed that I shall first

+Be tried in humble state, and things adverse,

+By tribulations, injuries, insults,                         190

+Contempts, and scorns, and snares, and violence,

+Suffering, abstaining, quietly expecting

+Without distrust or doubt, that He may know

+What I can suffer, how obey?  Who best

+Can suffer best can do, best reign who first

+Well hath obeyed--just trial ere I merit

+My exaltation without change or end.

+But what concerns it thee when I begin

+My everlasting Kingdom?  Why art thou

+Solicitous?  What moves thy inquisition?                    200

+Know'st thou not that my rising is thy fall,

+And my promotion will be thy destruction?"

+  To whom the Tempter, inly racked, replied:--

+"Let that come when it comes.  All hope is lost

+Of my reception into grace; what worse?

+For where no hope is left is left no fear.

+If there be worse, the expectation more

+Of worse torments me than the feeling can.

+I would be at the worst; worst is my port,

+My harbour, and my ultimate repose,                         210

+The end I would attain, my final good.

+My error was my error, and my crime

+My crime; whatever, for itself condemned,

+And will alike be punished, whether thou

+Reign or reign not--though to that gentle brow

+Willingly I could fly, and hope thy reign,

+From that placid aspect and meek regard,

+Rather than aggravate my evil state,

+Would stand between me and thy Father's ire

+(Whose ire I dread more than the fire of Hell)              220

+A shelter and a kind of shading cool

+Interposition, as a summer's cloud.

+If I, then, to the worst that can be haste,

+Why move thy feet so slow to what is best?

+Happiest, both to thyself and all the world,

+That thou, who worthiest art, shouldst be their King!

+Perhaps thou linger'st in deep thoughts detained

+Of the enterprise so hazardous and high!

+No wonder; for, though in thee be united

+What of perfection can in Man be found,                     230

+Or human nature can receive, consider

+Thy life hath yet been private, most part spent

+At home, scarce viewed the Galilean towns,

+And once a year Jerusalem, few days'

+Short sojourn; and what thence couldst thou observe?

+The world thou hast not seen, much less her glory,

+Empires, and monarchs, and their radiant courts--

+Best school of best experience, quickest in sight

+In all things that to greatest actions lead.

+The wisest, unexperienced, will be ever                     240

+Timorous, and loth, with novice modesty

+(As he who, seeking asses, found a kingdom)

+Irresolute, unhardy, unadventrous.

+But I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit

+Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes

+The monarchies of the Earth, their pomp and state--

+Sufficient introduction to inform

+Thee, of thyself so apt, in regal arts,

+And regal mysteries; that thou may'st know

+How best their opposition to withstand."                    250

+  With that (such power was given him then), he took

+The Son of God up to a mountain high.

+It was a mountain at whose verdant feet

+A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide

+Lay pleasant; from his side two rivers flowed,

+The one winding, the other straight, and left between

+Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined,

+Then meeting joined their tribute to the sea.

+Fertil of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine;

+With herds the pasture thronged, with flocks the hills;     260

+Huge cities and high-towered, that well might seem

+The seats of mightiest monarchs; and so large

+The prospect was that here and there was room

+For barren desert, fountainless and dry.

+To this high mountain-top the Tempter brought

+Our Saviour, and new train of words began:--

+  "Well have we speeded, and o'er hill and dale,

+Forest, and field, and flood, temples and towers,

+Cut shorter many a league.  Here thou behold'st

+Assyria, and her empire's ancient bounds,                   270

+Araxes and the Caspian lake; thence on

+As far as Indus east, Euphrates west,

+And oft beyond; to south the Persian bay,

+And, inaccessible, the Arabian drouth:

+Here, Nineveh, of length within her wall

+Several days' journey, built by Ninus old,

+Of that first golden monarchy the seat,

+And seat of Salmanassar, whose success

+Israel in long captivity still mourns;

+There Babylon, the wonder of all tongues,                   280

+As ancient, but rebuilt by him who twice

+Judah and all thy father David's house

+Led captive, and Jerusalem laid waste,

+Till Cyrus set them free; Persepolis,

+His city, there thou seest, and Bactra there;

+Ecbatana her structure vast there shews,

+And Hecatompylos her hunderd gates;

+There Susa by Choaspes, amber stream,

+The drink of none but kings; of later fame,

+Built by Emathian or by Parthian hands,                     290

+The great Seleucia, Nisibis, and there

+Artaxata, Teredon, Ctesiphon,

+Turning with easy eye, thou may'st behold.

+All these the Parthian (now some ages past

+By great Arsaces led, who founded first

+That empire) under his dominion holds,

+From the luxurious kings of Antioch won.

+And just in time thou com'st to have a view

+Of his great power; for now the Parthian king

+In Ctesiphon hath gathered all his host                     300

+Against the Scythian, whose incursions wild

+Have wasted Sogdiana; to her aid

+He marches now in haste.  See, though from far,

+His thousands, in what martial equipage

+They issue forth, steel bows and shafts their arms,

+Of equal dread in flight or in pursuit--

+All horsemen, in which fight they most excel;

+See how in warlike muster they appear,

+In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings."

+  He looked, and saw what numbers numberless                310

+The city gates outpoured, light-armed troops

+In coats of mail and military pride.

+In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong,

+Prauncing their riders bore, the flower and choice

+Of many provinces from bound to bound--

+From Arachosia, from Candaor east,

+And Margiana, to the Hyrcanian cliffs

+Of Caucasus, and dark Iberian dales;

+From Atropatia, and the neighbouring plains

+Of Adiabene, Media, and the south                           320

+Of Susiana, to Balsara's haven.

+He saw them in their forms of battle ranged,

+How quick they wheeled, and flying behind them shot

+Sharp sleet of arrowy showers against the face

+Of their pursuers, and overcame by flight;

+The field all iron cast a gleaming brown.

+Nor wanted clouds of foot, nor, on each horn,

+Cuirassiers all in steel for standing fight,

+Chariots, or elephants indorsed with towers

+Of archers; nor of labouring pioners                        330

+A multitude, with spades and axes armed,

+To lay hills plain, fell woods, or valleys fill,

+Or where plain was raise hill, or overlay

+With bridges rivers proud, as with a yoke:

+Mules after these, camels and dromedaries,

+And waggons fraught with utensils of war.

+Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp,

+When Agrican, with all his northern powers,

+Besieged Albracea, as romances tell,

+The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win                 340

+The fairest of her sex, Angelica,

+His daughter, sought by many prowest knights,

+Both Paynim and the peers of Charlemane.

+Such and so numerous was their chivalry;

+At sight whereof the Fiend yet more presumed,

+And to our Saviour thus his words renewed:--

+  "That thou may'st know I seek not to engage

+Thy virtue, and not every way secure

+On no slight grounds thy safety, hear and mark

+To what end I have brought thee hither, and shew            350

+All this fair sight.  Thy kingdom, though foretold

+By Prophet or by Angel, unless thou

+Endeavour, as thy father David did,

+Thou never shalt obtain: prediction still

+In all things, and all men, supposes means;

+Without means used, what it predicts revokes.

+But say thou wert possessed of David's throne

+By free consent of all, none opposite,

+Samaritan or Jew; how couldst thou hope

+Long to enjoy it quiet and secure                           360

+Between two such enclosing enemies,

+Roman and Parthian?  Therefore one of these

+Thou must make sure thy own: the Parthian first,

+By my advice, as nearer, and of late

+Found able by invasion to annoy

+Thy country, and captive lead away her kings,

+Antigonus and old Hyrcanus, bound,

+Maugre the Roman.  It shall be my task

+To render thee the Parthian at dispose,

+Choose which thou wilt, by conquest or by league.           370

+By him thou shalt regain, without him not,

+That which alone can truly reinstall thee

+In David's royal seat, his true successor--

+Deliverance of thy brethren, those Ten Tribes

+Whose offspring in his territory yet serve

+In Habor, and among the Medes dispersed:

+The sons of Jacob, two of Joseph, lost

+Thus long from Israel, serving, as of old

+Their fathers in the land of Egypt served,

+This offer sets before thee to deliver.                     380

+These if from servitude thou shalt restore

+To their inheritance, then, nor till then,

+Thou on the throne of David in full glory,

+From Egypt to Euphrates and beyond,

+Shalt reign, and Rome or Caesar not need fear."

+  To whom our Saviour answered thus, unmoved:--

+"Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm

+And fragile arms, much instrument of war,

+Long in preparing, soon to nothing brought,

+Before mine eyes thou hast set, and in my ear               390

+Vented much policy, and projects deep

+Of enemies, of aids, battles, and leagues,

+Plausible to the world, to me worth naught.

+Means I must use, thou say'st; prediction else

+Will unpredict, and fail me of the throne!

+My time, I told thee (and that time for thee

+Were better farthest off), is not yet come.

+When that comes, think not thou to find me slack

+On my part aught endeavouring, or to need

+Thy politic maxims, or that cumbersome                      400

+Luggage of war there shewn me--argument

+Of human weakness rather than of strength.

+My brethren, as thou call'st them, those Ten Tribes,

+I must deliver, if I mean to reign

+David's true heir, and his full sceptre sway

+To just extent over all Israel's sons!

+But whence to thee this zeal?  Where was it then

+For Israel, or for David, or his throne,

+When thou stood'st up his tempter to the pride

+Of numbering Israel--which cost the lives                   410

+of threescore and ten thousand Israelites

+By three days' pestilence?  Such was thy zeal

+To Israel then, the same that now to me.

+As for those captive tribes, themselves were they

+Who wrought their own captivity, fell off

+From God to worship calves, the deities

+Of Egypt, Baal next and Ashtaroth,

+And all the idolatries of heathen round,

+Besides their other worse than heathenish crimes;

+Nor in the land of their captivity                          420

+Humbled themselves, or penitent besought

+The God of their forefathers, but so died

+Impenitent, and left a race behind

+Like to themselves, distinguishable scarce

+From Gentiles, but by circumcision vain,

+And God with idols in their worship joined.

+Should I of these the liberty regard,

+Who, freed, as to their ancient patrimony,

+Unhumbled, unrepentant, unreformed,

+Headlong would follow, and to their gods perhaps            430

+Of Bethel and of Dan?  No; let them serve

+Their enemies who serve idols with God.

+Yet He at length, time to himself best known,

+Remembering Abraham, by some wondrous call

+May bring them back, repentant and sincere,

+And at their passing cleave the Assyrian flood,

+While to their native land with joy they haste,

+As the Red Sea and Jordan once he cleft,

+When to the Promised Land their fathers passed.

+To his due time and providence I leave them."               440

+  So spake Israel's true King, and to the Fiend

+Made answer meet, that made void all his wiles.

+So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.

+

+

+THE FOURTH BOOK

+---------------

+

+Perplexed and troubled at his bad success

+The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,

+Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope

+So oft, and the persuasive rhetoric

+That sleeked his tongue, and won so much on Eve,

+So little here, nay lost.  But Eve was Eve;

+This far his over-match, who, self-deceived

+And rash, beforehand had no better weighed

+The strength he was to cope with, or his own.

+But--as a man who had been matchless held                   10

+In cunning, over-reached where least he thought,

+To salve his credit, and for very spite,

+Still will be tempting him who foils him still,

+And never cease, though to his shame the more;

+Or as a swarm of flies in vintage-time,

+About the wine-press where sweet must is poured,

+Beat off, returns as oft with humming sound;

+Or surging waves against a solid rock,

+Though all to shivers dashed, the assault renew,

+(Vain battery!) and in froth or bubbles end--               20

+So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse

+Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,

+Yet gives not o'er, though desperate of success,

+And his vain importunity pursues.

+He brought our Saviour to the western side

+Of that high mountain, whence he might behold

+Another plain, long, but in breadth not wide,

+Washed by the southern sea, and on the north

+To equal length backed with a ridge of hills

+That screened the fruits of the earth and seats of men      30

+From cold Septentrion blasts; thence in the midst

+Divided by a river, off whose banks

+On each side an Imperial City stood,

+With towers and temples proudly elevate

+On seven small hills, with palaces adorned,

+Porches and theatres, baths, aqueducts,

+Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs,

+Gardens and groves, presented to his eyes

+Above the highth of mountains interposed--

+By what strange parallax, or optic skill                    40

+Of vision, multiplied through air, or glass

+Of telescope, were curious to enquire.

+And now the Tempter thus his silence broke:--

+  "The city which thou seest no other deem

+Than great and glorious Rome, Queen of the Earth

+So far renowned, and with the spoils enriched

+Of nations.  There the Capitol thou seest,

+Above the rest lifting his stately head

+On the Tarpeian rock, her citadel

+Impregnable; and there Mount Palatine,                      50

+The imperial palace, compass huge, and high

+The structure, skill of noblest architects,

+With gilded battlements, conspicuous far,

+Turrets, and terraces, and glittering spires.

+Many a fair edifice besides, more like

+Houses of gods--so well I have disposed

+My aerie microscope--thou may'st behold,

+Outside and inside both, pillars and roofs

+Carved work, the hand of famed artificers

+In cedar, marble, ivory, or gold.                           60

+Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see

+What conflux issuing forth, or entering in:

+Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces

+Hasting, or on return, in robes of state;

+Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power;

+Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings;

+Or embassies from regions far remote,

+In various habits, on the Appian road,

+Or on the AEmilian--some from farthest south,

+Syene, and where the shadow both way falls,                 70

+Meroe, Nilotic isle, and, more to west,

+The realm of Bocchus to the Blackmoor sea;

+From the Asian kings (and Parthian among these),

+From India and the Golden Chersoness,

+And utmost Indian isle Taprobane,

+Dusk faces with white silken turbants wreathed;

+From Gallia, Gades, and the British west;

+Germans, and Scythians, and Sarmatians north

+Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.

+All nations now to Rome obedience pay--                     80

+To Rome's great Emperor, whose wide domain,

+In ample territory, wealth and power,

+Civility of manners, arts and arms,

+And long renown, thou justly may'st prefer

+Before the Parthian.  These two thrones except,

+The rest are barbarous, and scarce worth the sight,

+Shared among petty kings too far removed;

+These having shewn thee, I have shewn thee all

+The kingdoms of the world, and all their glory.

+This Emperor hath no son, and now is old,                   90

+Old and lascivious, and from Rome retired

+To Capreae, an island small but strong

+On the Campanian shore, with purpose there

+His horrid lusts in private to enjoy;

+Committing to a wicked favourite

+All public cares, and yet of him suspicious;

+Hated of all, and hating.  With what ease,

+Endued with regal virtues as thou art,

+Appearing, and beginning noble deeds,

+Might'st thou expel this monster from his throne,           100

+Now made a sty, and, in his place ascending,

+A victor-people free from servile yoke!

+And with my help thou may'st; to me the power

+Is given, and by that right I give it thee.

+Aim, therefore, at no less than all the world;

+Aim at the highest; without the highest attained,

+Will be for thee no sitting, or not long,

+On David's throne, be prophesied what will."

+  To whom the Son of God, unmoved, replied:--

+"Nor doth this grandeur and majestic shew                   110

+Of luxury, though called magnificence,

+More than of arms before, allure mine eye,

+Much less my mind; though thou should'st add to tell

+Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts

+On citron tables or Atlantic stone

+(For I have also heard, perhaps have read),

+Their wines of Setia, Cales, and Falerne,

+Chios and Crete, and how they quaff in gold,

+Crystal, and myrrhine cups, imbossed with gems

+And studs of pearl--to me should'st tell, who thirst        120

+And hunger still.  Then embassies thou shew'st

+From nations far and nigh!  What honour that,

+But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear

+So many hollow compliments and lies,

+Outlandish flatteries?  Then proceed'st to talk

+Of the Emperor, how easily subdued,

+How gloriously.  I shall, thou say'st, expel

+A brutish monster: what if I withal

+Expel a Devil who first made him such?

+Let his tormentor, Conscience, find him out;                130

+For him I was not sent, nor yet to free

+That people, victor once, now vile and base,

+Deservedly made vassal--who, once just,

+Frugal, and mild, and temperate, conquered well,

+But govern ill the nations under yoke,

+Peeling their provinces, exhausted all

+By lust and rapine; first ambitious grown

+Of triumph, that insulting vanity;

+Then cruel, by their sports to blood inured

+Of fighting beasts, and men to beasts exposed;              140

+Luxurious by their wealth, and greedier still,

+And from the daily Scene effeminate.

+What wise and valiant man would seek to free

+These, thus degenerate, by themselves enslaved,

+Or could of inward slaves make outward free?

+Know, therefore, when my season comes to sit

+On David's throne, it shall be like a tree

+Spreading and overshadowing all the earth,

+Or as a stone that shall to pieces dash

+All monarchies besides throughout the world;                150

+And of my Kingdom there shall be no end.

+Means there shall be to this; but what the means

+Is not for thee to know, nor me to tell."

+  To whom the Tempter, impudent, replied:--

+"I see all offers made by me how slight

+Thou valuest, because offered, and reject'st.

+Nothing will please the difficult and nice,

+Or nothing more than still to contradict.

+On the other side know also thou that I

+On what I offer set as high esteem,                         160

+Nor what I part with mean to give for naught,

+All these, which in a moment thou behold'st,

+The kingdoms of the world, to thee I give

+(For, given to me, I give to whom I please),

+No trifle; yet with this reserve, not else--

+On this condition, if thou wilt fall down,

+And worship me as thy superior Lord

+(Easily done), and hold them all of me;

+For what can less so great a gift deserve?"

+  Whom thus our Saviour answered with disdain:--            170

+"I never liked thy talk, thy offers less;

+Now both abhor, since thou hast dared to utter

+The abominable terms, impious condition.

+But I endure the time, till which expired

+Thou hast permission on me.  It is written,

+The first of all commandments, 'Thou shalt worship

+The Lord thy God, and only Him shalt serve.'

+And dar'st thou to the Son of God propound

+To worship thee, accursed? now more accursed

+For this attempt, bolder than that on Eve,                  180

+And more blasphemous; which expect to rue.

+The kingdoms of the world to thee were given!

+Permitted rather, and by thee usurped;

+Other donation none thou canst produce.

+If given, by whom but by the King of kings,

+God over all supreme?  If given to thee,

+By thee how fairly is the Giver now

+Repaid!  But gratitude in thee is lost

+Long since.  Wert thou so void of fear or shame

+As offer them to me, the Son of God--                       190

+To me my own, on such abhorred pact,

+That I fall down and worship thee as God?

+Get thee behind me!  Plain thou now appear'st

+That Evil One, Satan for ever damned."

+  To whom the Fiend, with fear abashed, replied:--

+"Be not so sore offended, Son of God--

+Though Sons of God both Angels are and Men--

+If I, to try whether in higher sort

+Than these thou bear'st that title, have proposed

+What both from Men and Angels I receive,                    200

+Tetrarchs of Fire, Air, Flood, and on the Earth

+Nations besides from all the quartered winds--

+God of this World invoked, and World beneath.

+Who then thou art, whose coming is foretold

+To me most fatal, me it most concerns.

+The trial hath indamaged thee no way,

+Rather more honour left and more esteem;

+Me naught advantaged, missing what I aimed.

+Therefore let pass, as they are transitory,

+The kingdoms of this world; I shall no more                 210

+Advise thee; gain them as thou canst, or not.

+And thou thyself seem'st otherwise inclined

+Than to a worldly crown, addicted more

+To contemplation and profound dispute;

+As by that early action may be judged,

+When, slipping from thy mother's eye, thou went'st

+Alone into the Temple, there wast found

+Among the gravest Rabbies, disputant

+On points and questions fitting Moses' chair,

+Teaching, not taught.  The childhood shews the man,         220

+As morning shews the day.  Be famous, then,

+By wisdom; as thy empire must extend,

+So let extend thy mind o'er all the world

+In knowledge; all things in it comprehend.

+All knowledge is not couched in Moses' law,

+The Pentateuch, or what the Prophets wrote;

+The Gentiles also know, and write, and teach

+To admiration, led by Nature's light;

+And with the Gentiles much thou must converse,

+Ruling them by persuasion, as thou mean'st.                 230

+Without their learning, how wilt thou with them,

+Or they with thee, hold conversation meet?

+How wilt thou reason with them, how refute

+Their idolisms, traditions, paradoxes?

+Error by his own arms is best evinced.

+Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount,

+Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold

+Where on the AEgean shore a city stands,

+Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil--

+Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts                   240

+And Eloquence, native to famous wits

+Or hospitable, in her sweet recess,

+City or suburban, studious walks and shades.

+See there the olive-grove of Academe,

+Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird

+Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long;

+There, flowery hill, Hymettus, with the sound

+Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites

+To studious musing; there Ilissus rowls

+His whispering stream.  Within the walls then view          250

+The schools of ancient sages--his who bred

+Great Alexander to subdue the world,

+Lyceum there; and painted Stoa next.

+There thou shalt hear and learn the secret power

+Of harmony, in tones and numbers hit

+By voice or hand, and various-measured verse,

+AEolian charms and Dorian lyric odes,

+And his who gave them breath, but higher sung,

+Blind Melesigenes, thence Homer called,

+Whose poem Phoebus challenged for his own.                  260

+Thence what the lofty grave Tragedians taught

+In chorus or iambic, teachers best

+Of moral prudence, with delight received

+In brief sententious precepts, while they treat

+Of fate, and chance, and change in human life,

+High actions and high passions best describing.

+Thence to the famous Orators repair,

+Those ancient whose resistless eloquence

+Wielded at will that fierce democraty,

+Shook the Arsenal, and fulmined over Greece                 270

+To Macedon and Artaxerxes' throne.

+To sage Philosophy next lend thine ear,

+From heaven descended to the low-roofed house

+Of Socrates--see there his tenement--

+Whom, well inspired, the Oracle pronounced

+Wisest of men; from whose mouth issued forth

+Mellifluous streams, that watered all the schools

+Of Academics old and new, with those

+Surnamed Peripatetics, and the sect

+Epicurean, and the Stoic severe.                            280

+These here revolve, or, as thou likest, at home,

+Till time mature thee to a kingdom's weight;

+These rules will render thee a king complete

+Within thyself, much more with empire joined."

+  To whom our Saviour sagely thus replied:--

+"Think not but that I know these things; or, think

+I know them not, not therefore am I short

+Of knowing what I ought.  He who receives

+Light from above, from the Fountain of Light,

+No other doctrine needs, though granted true;               290

+But these are false, or little else but dreams,

+Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm.

+The first and wisest of them all professed

+To know this only, that he nothing knew;

+The next to fabling fell and smooth conceits;

+A third sort doubted all things, though plain sense;

+Others in virtue placed felicity,

+But virtue joined with riches and long life;

+In corporal pleasure he, and careless ease;

+The Stoic last in philosophic pride,                        300

+By him called virtue, and his virtuous man,

+Wise, perfect in himself, and all possessing,

+Equal to God, oft shames not to prefer,

+As fearing God nor man, contemning all

+Wealth, pleasure, pain or torment, death and life--

+Which, when he lists, he leaves, or boasts he can;

+For all his tedious talk is but vain boast,

+Or subtle shifts conviction to evade.

+Alas! what can they teach, and not mislead,

+Ignorant of themselves, of God much more,                   310

+And how the World began, and how Man fell,

+Degraded by himself, on grace depending?

+Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry;

+And in themselves seek virtue; and to themselves

+All glory arrogate, to God give none;

+Rather accuse him under usual names,

+Fortune and Fate, as one regardless quite

+Of mortal things.  Who, therefore, seeks in these

+True wisdom finds her not, or, by delusion

+Far worse, her false resemblance only meets,                320

+An empty cloud.  However, many books,

+Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads

+Incessantly, and to his reading brings not

+A spirit and judgment equal or superior,

+(And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?)

+Uncertain and unsettled still remains,

+Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself,

+Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys

+And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge,

+As children gathering pebbles on the shore.                 330

+Or, if I would delight my private hours

+With music or with poem, where so soon

+As in our native language can I find

+That solace?  All our Law and Story strewed

+With hymns, our Psalms with artful terms inscribed,

+Our Hebrew songs and harps, in Babylon

+That pleased so well our victor's ear, declare

+That rather Greece from us these arts derived--

+Ill imitated while they loudest sing

+The vices of their deities, and their own,                  340

+In fable, hymn, or song, so personating

+Their gods ridiculous, and themselves past shame.

+Remove their swelling epithetes, thick-laid

+As varnish on a harlot's cheek, the rest,

+Thin-sown with aught of profit or delight,

+Will far be found unworthy to compare

+With Sion's songs, to all true tastes excelling,

+Where God is praised aright and godlike men,

+The Holiest of Holies and his Saints

+(Such are from God inspired, not such from thee);           350

+Unless where moral virtue is expressed

+By light of Nature, not in all quite lost.

+Their orators thou then extoll'st as those

+The top of eloquence--statists indeed,

+And lovers of their country, as may seem;

+But herein to our Prophets far beneath,

+As men divinely taught, and better teaching

+The solid rules of civil government,

+In their majestic, unaffected style,

+Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome.                    360

+In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt,

+What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so,

+What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat;

+These only, with our Law, best form a king."

+  So spake the Son of God; but Satan, now

+Quite at a loss (for all his darts were spent),

+Thus to our Saviour, with stern brow, replied:--

+  "Since neither wealth nor honour, arms nor arts,

+Kingdom nor empire, pleases thee, nor aught

+By me proposed in life contemplative                        370

+Or active, tended on by glory or fame,

+What dost thou in this world?  The Wilderness

+For thee is fittest place: I found thee there,

+And thither will return thee.  Yet remember

+What I foretell thee; soon thou shalt have cause

+To wish thou never hadst rejected, thus

+Nicely or cautiously, my offered aid,

+Which would have set thee in short time with ease

+On David's throne, or throne of all the world,

+Now at full age, fulness of time, thy season,               380

+When prophecies of thee are best fulfilled.

+Now, contrary--if I read aught in heaven,

+Or heaven write aught of fate--by what the stars

+Voluminous, or single characters

+In their conjunction met, give me to spell,

+Sorrows and labours, opposition, hate,

+Attends thee; scorns, reproaches, injuries,

+Violence and stripes, and, lastly, cruel death.

+A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom,

+Real or allegoric, I discern not;                           390

+Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,

+Without beginning; for no date prefixed

+Directs me in the starry rubric set."

+  So saying, he took (for still he knew his power

+Not yet expired), and to the Wilderness

+Brought back, the Son of God, and left him there,

+Feigning to disappear.  Darkness now rose,

+As daylight sunk, and brought in louring Night,

+Her shadowy offspring, unsubstantial both,

+Privation mere of light and absent day.                     400

+Our Saviour, meek, and with untroubled mind

+After hisaerie jaunt, though hurried sore,

+Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest,

+Wherever, under some concourse of shades,

+Whose branching arms thick intertwined might shield

+From dews and damps of night his sheltered head;

+But, sheltered, slept in vain; for at his head

+The Tempter watched, and soon with ugly dreams

+Disturbed his sleep.  And either tropic now

+'Gan thunder, and both ends of heaven; the clouds           410

+From many a horrid rift abortive poured

+Fierce rain with lightning mixed, water with fire,

+In ruin reconciled; nor slept the winds

+Within their stony caves, but rushed abroad

+From the four hinges of the world, and fell

+On the vexed wilderness, whose tallest pines,

+Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks,

+Bowed their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts,

+Or torn up sheer.  Ill wast thou shrouded then,

+O patient Son of God, yet only stood'st                     420

+Unshaken!  Nor yet staid the terror there:

+Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round

+Environed thee; some howled, some yelled, some shrieked,

+Some bent at thee their fiery darts, while thou

+Sat'st unappalled in calm and sinless peace.

+Thus passed the night so foul, till Morning fair

+Came forth with pilgrim steps, in amice grey,

+Who with her radiant finger stilled the roar

+Of thunder, chased the clouds, and laid the winds,

+And griesly spectres, which the Fiend had raised            430

+To tempt the Son of God with terrors dire.

+And now the sun with more effectual beams

+Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet

+From drooping plant, or dropping tree; the birds,

+Who all things now behold more fresh and green,

+After a night of storm so ruinous,

+Cleared up their choicest notes in bush and spray,

+To gratulate the sweet return of morn.

+Nor yet, amidst this joy and brightest morn,

+Was absent, after all his mischief done,                    440

+The Prince of Darkness; glad would also seem

+Of this fair change, and to our Saviour came;

+Yet with no new device (they all were spent),

+Rather by this his last affront resolved,

+Desperate of better course, to vent his rage

+And mad despite to be so oft repelled.

+Him walking on a sunny hill he found,

+Backed on the north and west by a thick wood;

+Out of the wood he starts in wonted shape,

+And in a careless mood thus to him said:--                  450

+  "Fair morning yet betides thee, Son of God,

+After a dismal night.  I heard the wrack,

+As earth and sky would mingle; but myself

+Was distant; and these flaws, though mortals fear them,

+As dangerous to the pillared frame of Heaven,

+Or to the Earth's dark basis underneath,

+Are to the main as inconsiderable

+And harmless, if not wholesome, as a sneeze

+To man's less universe, and soon are gone.

+Yet, as being ofttimes noxious where they light             460

+On man, beast, plant, wasteful and turbulent,

+Like turbulencies in the affairs of men,

+Over whose heads they roar, and seem to point,

+They oft fore-signify and threaten ill.

+This tempest at this desert most was bent;

+Of men at thee, for only thou here dwell'st.

+Did I not tell thee, if thou didst reject

+The perfect season offered with my aid

+To win thy destined seat, but wilt prolong

+All to the push of fate, pursue thy way                     470

+Of gaining David's throne no man knows when

+(For both the when and how is nowhere told),

+Thou shalt be what thou art ordained, no doubt;

+For Angels have proclaimed it, but concealing

+The time and means?  Each act is rightliest done

+Not when it must, but when it may be best.

+If thou observe not this, be sure to find

+What I foretold thee--many a hard assay

+Of dangers, and adversities, and pains,

+Ere thou of Israel's sceptre get fast hold;                 480

+Whereof this ominous night that closed thee round,

+So many terrors, voices, prodigies,

+May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign."

+  So talked he, while the Son of God went on,

+And staid not, but in brief him answered thus:--

+  "Me worse than wet thou find'st not; other harm

+Those terrors which thou speak'st of did me none.

+I never feared they could, though noising loud

+And threatening nigh: what they can do as signs

+Betokening or ill-boding I contemn                          490

+As false portents, not sent from God, but thee;

+Who, knowing I shall reign past thy preventing,

+Obtrud'st thy offered aid, that I, accepting,

+At least might seem to hold all power of thee,

+Ambitious Spirit! and would'st be thought my God;

+And storm'st, refused, thinking to terrify

+Me to thy will!  Desist (thou art discerned,

+And toil'st in vain), nor me in vain molest."

+  To whom the Fiend, now swoln with rage, replied:--

+"Then hear, O Son of David, virgin-born!                    500

+For Son of God to me is yet in doubt.

+Of the Messiah I have heard foretold

+By all the Prophets; of thy birth, at length

+Announced by Gabriel, with the first I knew,

+And of the angelic song in Bethlehem field,

+On thy birth-night, that sung thee Saviour born.

+From that time seldom have I ceased to eye

+Thy infancy, thy childhood, and thy youth,

+Thy manhood last, though yet in private bred;

+Till, at the ford of Jordan, whither all                    510

+Flocked to the Baptist, I among the rest

+(Though not to be baptized), by voice from Heaven

+Heard thee pronounced the Son of God beloved.

+Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view

+And narrower scrutiny, that I might learn

+In what degree or meaning thou art called

+The Son of God, which bears no single sense.

+The Son of God I also am, or was;

+And, if I was, I am; relation stands:

+All men are Sons of God; yet thee I thought                 520

+In some respect far higher so declared.

+Therefore I watched thy footsteps from that hour,

+And followed thee still on to this waste wild,

+Where, by all best conjectures, I collect

+Thou art to be my fatal enemy.

+Good reason, then, if I beforehand seek

+To understand my adversary, who

+And what he is; his wisdom, power, intent;

+By parle or composition, truce or league,

+To win him, or win from him what I can.                     530

+And opportunity I here have had

+To try thee, sift thee, and confess have found thee

+Proof against all temptation, as a rock

+Of adamant and as a centre, firm

+To the utmost of mere man both wise and good,

+Not more; for honours, riches, kingdoms, glory,

+Have been before contemned, and may again.

+Therefore, to know what more thou art than man,

+Worth naming the Son of God by voice from Heaven,

+Another method I must now begin."                           540

+  So saying, he caught him up, and, without wing

+Of hippogrif, bore through the air sublime,

+Over the wilderness and o'er the plain,

+Till underneath them fair Jerusalem,

+The Holy City, lifted high her towers,

+And higher yet the glorious Temple reared

+Her pile, far off appearing like a mount

+Of alablaster, topt with golden spires:

+There, on the highest pinnacle, he set

+The Son of God, and added thus in scorn:--                  550

+  "There stand, if thou wilt stand; to stand upright

+Will ask thee skill.  I to thy Father's house

+Have brought thee, and highest placed: highest is best.

+Now shew thy progeny; if not to stand,

+Cast thyself down.  Safely, if Son of God;

+For it is written, 'He will give command

+Concerning thee to his Angels; in their hands

+They shall uplift thee, lest at any time

+Thou chance to dash thy foot against a stone.'"

+  To whom thus Jesus: "Also it is written,                  560

+'Tempt not the Lord thy God.'"  He said, and stood;

+But Satan, smitten with amazement, fell.

+As when Earth's son, Antaeus (to compare

+Small things with greatest), in Irassa strove

+With Jove's Alcides, and, oft foiled, still rose,

+Receiving from his mother Earth new strength,

+Fresh from his fall, and fiercer grapple joined,

+Throttled at length in the air expired and fell,

+So, after many a foil, the Tempter proud,

+Renewing fresh assaults, amidst his pride                   570

+Fell whence he stood to see his victor fall;

+And, as that Theban monster that proposed

+Her riddle, and him who solved it not devoured,

+That once found out and solved, for grief and spite

+Cast herself headlong from the Ismenian steep,

+So, strook with dread and anguish, fell the Fiend,

+And to his crew, that sat consulting, brought

+Joyless triumphals of his hoped success,

+Ruin, and desperation, and dismay,

+Who durst so proudly tempt the Son of God.                  580

+So Satan fell; and straight a fiery globe

+Of Angels on full sail of wing flew nigh,

+Who on their plumy vans received Him soft

+From his uneasy station, and upbore,

+As on a floating couch, through the blithe air;

+Then, in a flowery valley, set him down

+On a green bank, and set before him spread

+A table of celestial food, divine

+Ambrosial fruits fetched from the Tree of Life,

+And from the Fount of Life ambrosial drink,                 590

+That soon refreshed him wearied, and repaired

+What hunger, if aught hunger, had impaired,

+Or thirst; and, as he fed, Angelic quires

+Sung heavenly anthems of his victory

+Over temptation and the Tempter proud:--

+  "True Image of the Father, whether throned

+In the bosom of bliss, and light of light

+Conceiving, or, remote from Heaven, enshrined

+In fleshly tabernacle and human form,

+Wandering the wilderness--whatever place,                   600

+Habit, or state, or motion, still expressing

+The Son of God, with Godlike force endued

+Against the attempter of thy Father's throne

+And thief of Paradise!  Him long of old

+Thou didst debel, and down from Heaven cast

+With all his army; now thou hast avenged

+Supplanted Adam, and, by vanquishing

+Temptation, hast regained lost Paradise,

+And frustrated the conquest fraudulent.

+He never more henceforth will dare set foot                 610

+In paradise to tempt; his snares are broke.

+For, though that seat of earthly bliss be failed,

+A fairer Paradise is founded now

+For Adam and his chosen sons, whom thou,

+A Saviour, art come down to reinstall;

+Where they shall dwell secure, when time shall be,

+Of tempter and temptation without fear.

+But thou, Infernal Serpent! shalt not long

+Rule in the clouds.  Like an autumnal star,

+Or lightning, thou shalt fall from Heaven, trod down        620

+Under his feet.  For proof, ere this thou feel'st

+Thy wound (yet not thy last and deadliest wound)

+By this repulse received, and hold'st in Hell

+No triumph; in all her gates Abaddon rues

+Thy bold attempt.  Hereafter learn with awe

+To dread the Son of God.  He, all unarmed,

+Shall chase thee, with the terror of his voice,

+From thy demoniac holds, possession foul--

+Thee and thy legions; yelling they shall fly,

+And beg to hide them in a herd of swine,                    630

+Lest he command them down into the Deep,

+Bound, and to torment sent before their time.

+Hail, Son of the Most High, heir of both Worlds,

+Queller of Satan!  On thy glorious work

+Now enter, and begin to save Mankind."

+  Thus they the Son of God, our Saviour meek,

+Sung victor, and, from heavenly feast refreshed,

+Brought on his way with joy.  He, unobserved,

+Home to his mother's house private returned.
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+             $adventure walkthrough
+          rev. by Jessica Allan 08/02/97
+
+This will RUIN the game for you.  Do not use it unless you
+are truly desperate to stop playing and get on with your
+life.  Since I have documented it quite thoroughly, this
+will ruin it more than any other walkthrough, and even 
+contains some of the ending.
+
+This is an adaptation of Sean L. Palmer's walkthrough, with 
+better documentation and some improvements made.  
+
+These commands will not work in every single game.  There 
+are some variants, such as get/take, and this will not work
+for the 430 point, 550 point, 660 point, 501 point, 551 
+point, or 370 point versions.  That means that the Windows
+version does not conform to this, although the documentation
+*may* be helpful.  
+
+I highly recommend Rick Adams' page:
+http://www.winternet.com/~radams/adventure/
+This contains the walkthroughs, tips, history, links to an
+FTP site providing source code and compiled versions for 
+DOS/Windows, Amiga, Macintosh, OS/2, and UNIX, and maps.
+Even with this documentation, you can *still* get lost due 
+to some contingencies in the game, such as backtracking to
+compensate for piracy, dwarves, and a few other things.
+
+For those reasons, you cannot feed this through input 
+redirection, although, if you're astute enough, you could 
+probably write some mild AI code and feed this through.  But
+I doubt anyone would bother.
+
+I can guarantee that this version will work with Adventure
+on the Web at Stanford's machine:
+http://tjwww.stanford.edu/adventure.html
+That is the version I tested it with, and I have kept the
+original format that was used, such as five letter packing
+and such that was output from the other machine.  How close
+this is to the original version, I can't say.
+I recommend the Web version if you're running a 14.4 
+connection or higher, since the Windows version is a bit
+outdated anyway.
+
+Enjoy playing, and I'm sorry I had to do this to you.  But
+if it wasn't for this walkthrough, I never would have gotten
+on with *my* life.  :)
+
+************************************************************
+building  /*  This will take you to the building, a well 
+              house for a large spring  */
+take lamp  /*  This is vital.  It will reappear in the 
+               building should you be reincarnated  */
+   /*  You can only hold seven items at a time.  Water and
+       oil are separate items from their bottles.  */
+light lamp  /* Some variants want on lamp.  Whatever.  */
+xyzzy  /*  A magic word, this will automagically bring you
+           to the building and back.  Works only from 
+           here.  */
+e   /*  Ignore the rod.  */
+take cage  /*  This is for the bird you'll catch soon.  */
+pit  /*  At your feet is a small pit...  */
+e  /*  This is the bird chamber...  */
+take bird  /*  ...where you catch the bird.  */
+w  /*  return to pit  */
+d  /*  Hall of Mists  */
+s  /*  Nugget of Gold room  */
+take gold  /*  1st treasure  */
+n  /*  Back to the Hall of Mists  */
+n  /*  Hall of the Mountain King  */
+free bird  /*  The little bird attacks the green snake, and
+               in an astounding flurry drives the snake 
+               away.   */
+drop cage  /*  not a treasure  */
+s  /*  Southside chamber  */
+take jewel  /*  treasure  */
+n  /*  Back to Hall of Mountain King  */
+w  /*  Westside chamber  */
+take coins  /*  treasure  */
+e  /*  Back to Hall of Mountain King  */
+n  /*  Low N/S passage  */
+take silve  /*  treasure  */
+n  /*  Y2  */
+plover  /*  Plover is another magic word.  This takes you
+            to the Plover room, elsewhere in the cave.  So
+            called because it has an emerald the size of 
+            a plover's egg.  */
+ne  /*  Dark-Room  */
+take plati  /*  treasure  */
+s  /*  Back to Plover room  */
+plover  /*  Saying this here teleports you back to Y2.  */
+plugh  /*  Another magic word that does the same as xyzzy. 
+           Works only from Y2.  */
+/*  If any dwarves have already arrived, restart!  */
+/*  Treasures are only awarded full points if they are 
+    dropped in the building.  */
+drop plati
+drop coins
+drop jewel
+drop silve
+drop gold
+take bottl  /*  Water will come with it.  */
+take food  /*  You'll need to feed a hungry bear.  */
+take keys  /*  You'll need these to unlock a tame bear.  */
+plugh  /*  Return to Y2.  */
+/*  Soon, a dwarf will arrive, throw an axe at you, curse,
+    and run away.  Take this axe when you see it.  There 
+    are seven dwarves in the cave.  When you see one, throw
+    the axe at it.  "throw axe"  If it misses, take it and
+    throw it again.  If you just ignore the dwarf, 
+    reinforcements will show up and you will inevitably get
+    killed.  */
+s  /*  Low N/S passage  */
+d  /*  Dirty broken passage  */
+bedquilt  /*  This takes you to Bedquilt, an E/W passage
+              with a lot of rooms adjoining it.  */
+slab  /*  Slab Room  */
+s  /*  West end of Twopit Room  */
+d  /*  West pit  */
+water plant  /*  It should grow 12 feet tall and demand 
+                 more water.  */
+u  /*  West end of Twopit Room  */
+w  /*  Slab Room  */
+u  /*  Secret N/S canyon  */
+reservoir  /*  Refill your water bottle here  */
+fill bottle  /*  Don't want a thirsty plant, do you?  */
+s  /*  Mirror Canyon  */
+s  /*  Secret N/S canyon  */
+d  /*  Slab Room  */
+s  /*  West end of the Twopit Room  */
+d  /*  West pit  */
+water plant  /*  It now grows 25 feet tall and stretches
+                 up to that elusive hole.  */
+u  /*  West end of Twopit Room  */
+e  /*  East end of Twopit Room  */
+d  /*  East pit.  There is a puddle of oil here.  */
+fill bottle  /*  You'll need this oil for a rusty door.  */
+u  /*  East end of Twopit Room  */
+w  /*  West end of Twopit Room  */
+d  /*  West pit  */
+climb plant  /*  Aren't you glad you watered it?  */
+w  /*  Giant Room  */
+take eggs  /*  Fee, Fie, Foe, Foo has more significance than
+               you think.  Typing it in this room will 
+               teleport the eggs back here.  They are a 
+               treasure item, but you must toss them to the
+               troll to cross the bridge.  */
+n  /*  End of N/S passage.  The way north is barred by a
+       massive rusty iron door.  */
+oil door  /*  Now, it will open.  */
+drop bottl  /*  You no longer need this.  */
+n  /*  Cavern with waterfall  */
+take tride  /*  This is needed for opening a clam shell
+                  which contains a pearl.  Both are treasure
+                  items.  */
+w  /*  Steep incline above large room  */
+d  /*  Large low room  */
+sw  /*  Sloping corridor  */
+u  /*  SW side of chasm  */
+/*  Try typing "kill troll" or "throw axe" here for 
+    kicks.  */
+toss eggs  /*  The troll will take these and scurry out of 
+               sight.  */
+cross  /*  NE side of chasm  */
+ne  /*  E/W Corridor  */
+/*  The rumbling noise you hear here is a completely 
+    pointless volcano.  Seriously.  */
+barren  /*  Front of Barren Room.  */
+e  /*  Barren room.  */
+feed bear  /*  This will calm down the bear.  */
+open chain  /*  Open with keys, obviously.  */
+drop keys  /*   You no longer need these.  */
+take chain  /*  treasure  */
+take bear  /*  You are being followed by a very large tame
+               bear.  */
+w  /*  Front of Barren Room.  */
+fork  /*  Fork in path  */
+ne  /*  Warm Walls Junction.  */
+e  /*  Chamber of Boulders.  */
+take spice  /*  treasure  */
+fork  /*  Fork in path  */
+w  /*  E/W Corridor  */
+w  /*  NE side of chasm  */
+cross  /*  Still on NE side of chasm  */
+free bear  /*  Scare a new troll every day...  */
+cross  /*  SW side of chasm  */
+sw  /*  Sloping corridor  */
+d  /*  Large low room  */
+bedquilt  /*  Back to Bedquilt.  */
+e  /*  Complex junction  */
+n  /*  Shell room  */
+/*  A nightmare that happened to no few of us was having 
+    the pirate show up *now* and take the trident.  */
+open clam  /*  Since when did clams have pearls?  */
+/*  Note that the clam is now identified for game purposes
+    as an oyster.  :)  */
+d  /*  Ragged corridor  */
+d  /*  Cul-de-sac  */
+take pearl  /*  treasure  */
+u  /*  Ragged corridor  */
+u  /*  Shell room  */
+s  /*  Complex junction  */ 
+u  /*  Dusty Rock room  */
+e  /*  Dirty passage  */
+u  /*  Low N/S passage  */ 
+n  /*  Back to Y2  */
+plugh  /*  Return to building  */
+drop chain
+drop spice
+drop tride
+drop pearl
+plugh  /*  Back to Y2  */
+s  /*  Low N/S passage  */
+d  /*  Dirty broken passage  */
+bedquilt  /*  Back to Bedquilt  */
+w  /*  Swiss Cheese room  */
+oriental  /*  This is the Oriental room, home to a Ming 
+              vase.  */
+   /*  Do NOT take the vase now.  If you do, you'll have
+       to drop it soon and it will shatter.  Also, don't
+       fill it with water or oil.  Not that that's all that
+       accessible...  */
+n  /*  Misty Cavern  */
+w  /*  Alcove  */
+drop lamp  /*  Don't turn it off first.  */
+drop axe  
+e  /*  Plover room  */
+take emera  /*  Don't suppose you remember this?  */
+w  /*  Alcove  */
+take axe  
+take lamp
+nw  /*  Misty Cavern  */
+s  /*  Oriental Room  */
+take vase  /*  Now, there's no reason for you to drop it. */
+se  /*  Swiss Cheese room  */
+e  /*  Soft Room  */
+take pillo  /*  Something soft for the vase to land on.  */
+w  /*  Swiss Cheese Room  */
+w  /*  East end of Twopit Room  */
+w  /*  West end of Twopit Room  */
+d  /*  West pit  */
+climb plant  /*  Emerge in the narrow corridor  */
+w  /*  Giant Room  */
+fee  /*  Magic words, remember?  */
+fie
+foe
+foo
+take eggs  /*  Wonder how that troll feels about this.  */
+s  /*  Narrow corridor  */
+d  /*  West pit  */
+u  /*  West end of Twopit Room  */
+w  /*  Slab Room  */
+u  /*  Secret N/S canyon  */
+s  /*  Secret canyon, complete with dragon  */
+kill dragon
+yes  /*  Unbelievable, isn't it?  */
+take rug  /*  treasure  */
+e  /*  Secret E/W canyon above tight canyon  */
+e  /*  Hall of Mountain King  */
+n  /*  Low N/S passage  */
+n  /*  Back to Y2.  */
+plugh  /*  Return to building.  */
+drop rug  
+drop pillo  /*  It doesn't generally matter which order you
+                 drop things in, but be sure to drop the 
+                 pillow before the vase.  */
+drop vase
+drop emera
+drop eggs
+xyzzy  /*  Debris room.  */
+take wand  /*  This is a magic wand.  */
+pit  /*  Back to the top of the pit.  */
+d  /*  Hall of Mists  */
+w  /*  East bank of fissure  */
+wave wand  /*  A crystal bridge will span the fissure.  */
+w  /*  West side of fissure  */
+take diamo  /*  Hope that the pirate steals this.  */
+w  /*  Should be at the west end of the Hall of Mists.  */
+/*  Save your game at this point.  You may not run into the
+    pirate in time and you could have your lamp run out.
+    Of course, if you've already seen the pirate, then 
+    forget that advice.  */
+/*  If you were truly unlucky and got robbed by the pirate
+    when you were on your way to Y2, then drop your axe 
+    here.  You cannot have been carrying more than 5 
+    treasure items, and there will be 6 when you arrive at
+    the chest -- the 5 treasures and the chest.  Return 
+    and get your axe as soon as you drop off the items.
+    Also in that case, double back to Y2 and drop off as
+    much as possible.  It is probably a better idea to
+    ditch your axe at Y2 and then save your game and hope
+    that no dwarves arrive.  */
+s  /*  You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike... */
+e  /*  Hope that the pirate shows up while you're headed to 
+       his lair.  */
+s  /*  Could you imagine being stuck in here and having no
+       clue where you're going, just trying to get out?  */
+s
+s
+n
+e  /*  You should be on the brink of a pit at this point. 
+       If you're not, you're in trouble.  */
+n
+e
+nw  /*  This is a dead end where the Pirate's chest is.  */
+   /*  If the pirate hasn't shown by now, you are fighting
+       for a lost cause, but you can try typing in the 
+       following sequence until he shows:
+       se n w w w e e w s n s s s n e n e nw
+       If he appears while you're typing this, just finish
+       the sequence... don't try to backtrack.  The maze is
+       asymmetrical.  */
+take chest  /*  treasure  */
+take diamo  /*  Also take anything else he stole.  */
+se
+n  /*  Brink of pit.  */
+d  /*  Bird chamber.  */
+debris  /*  Back to the debris room.  */
+xyzzy  /*  Return to building  */
+drop wand  /*  This isn't a treasure, but do it anyway.  */
+drop chest  
+drop diamo
+plugh  /*  Back to Y2.  */
+s  /*  Low N/S passage  */      
+d  /*  Dirty passage  */
+bedquilt  /*  Back to Bedquilt.  */
+e  /*  Complex junction.  */
+e  /*  Anteroom  */
+take magaz  /*  Spelunker Today?  */
+e  /*  Witt's End  */
+drop magaz /*  Last point (276) in beginner section.  */
+n  /*  Type this repeatedly until you escape Witt's End  */
+   /*  Other directions work, as long as they're not w, nw,
+       or sw... that would be too logical!  */
+/*  Right now, you should hear an announcement in a 
+    "sepulcheral voice" saying,  "Cave closing soon.  All 
+    adventurers exit immediately through Main Office."  
+    This is a sign that you have gotten all the treasures 
+    and the endgame is about to begin.  After leaving 
+    Witt's End, go someplace with light, like near the 
+    grate or the plover room, turn off your lamp, and just
+    kill time, generally by dropping and picking up your 
+    axe.  Your lamp is really close to running out.  Don't
+    go anywhere that doesn't have light.  */
+/*  If you should find your way to Y2 (which I usually do)
+    while trying to get back to the Plover room, typing 
+    "plover" still works, but typing "plugh" gives you this
+    message:  A mysterious recorded voice groans into life 
+    and announces: "This exit is closed. Please leave via 
+    Main Office."  */
+/*  Eventually, the sepulcheral voice will speak again and 
+    say, "The Cave is now closed."  There's a blinding
+    flash of light and a puff of orange smoke.  You are
+    teleported to the Colossal Cave repository.  I refuse 
+    to tell you its contents, but it's quite cute.  :)  */
+sw  /*  SW end of repository  */
+take rod  /*  Dy-no-mite!  */
+ne  /*  NE end of repository  */
+drop rod  
+sw  /*  Get out of blast range  */
+blast  /*  A cheering band of friendly elves carry the
+           conquering adventurer off into the sunset.  */
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+Any;intelligent;fool;can;make;things;bigger,;more;complex,;and;more;violent.;It;takes;a;touch;of;genius;--;and;a;lot;of;courage;--;to;move;in;the;opposite;direction.;;;Imagination;is;more;important;than;knowledge.;;;Gravitation;is;not;responsible;for;people;falling;in;love.;;;I;want;to;know;God's;thoughts;;the;rest;are;detail.;;;The;hardest;thing;in;the;world;to;understand;is;the;income;tax.;;;Reality;is;merely;an;illusion,;albeit;a;very;persistent;one.;;;The;only;real;valuable;thing;is;intuition.;;;A;person;starts;to;live;when;he;can;live;outside;himself.;;I;am;convinced;that;He;(God);does;not;play;dice.;;;God;is;subtle;but;he;is;not;malicious.;;;Weakness;of;attitude;becomes;weakness;of;character.;;;I;never;think;of;the;future.;It;comes;soon;enough.;;;The;eternal;mystery;of;the;world;is;its;comprehensibility.;;;Sometimes;one;pays;most;for;the;things;one;gets;for;nothing.;;;Science;without;religion;is;lame.;Religion;without;science;is;blind.;;;Anyone;who;has;never;made;a;mistake;has;never;tried;anything;new.;;;Great;spirits;have;often;encountered;violent;opposition;from;weak;minds.;;;Everything;should;be;made;as;simple;as;possible,;but;not;simpler.;;;Common;sense;is;the;collection;of;prejudices;acquired;by;age;eighteen.;;;Science;is;a;wonderful;thing;if;one;does;not;have;to;earn;one's;living;at;it.;;;The;secret;to;creativity;is;knowing;how;to;hide;your;sources.;;;The;only;thing;that;interferes;with;my;learning;is;my;education.;;;God;does;not;care;about;our;mathematical;difficulties.;He;integrates;empirically.;;;The;whole;of;science;is;nothing;more;than;a;refinement;of;everyday;thinking.;;;Technological;progress;is;like;an;axe;in;the;hands;of;a;pathological;criminal.;;;Peace;cannot;be;kept;by;force.;It;can;only;be;achieved;by;understanding.;;;The;most;incomprehensible;thing;about;the;world;is;that;it;is;comprehensible.;;;We;can't;solve;problems;by;using;the;same;kind;of;thinking;we;used;when;we;created;them.;;;Education;is;what;remains;after;one;has;forgotten;everything;he;learned;in;school.;;;The;important;thing;is;not;to;stop;questioning.;Curiosity;has;its;own;reason;for;existing.;;;Do;not;worry;about;your;difficulties;in;Mathematics.;I;can;assure;you;mine;are;still;greater.;;;Equations;are;more;important;to;me,;because;politics;is;for;the;present,;but;an;equation;is;something;for;eternity.;;;If;A;is;a;success;in;life,;then;A;equals;x;plus;y;plus;z.;Work;is;x;;y;is;play;;and;z;is;keeping;your;mouth;shut.;;;Two;things;are;infinite:;the;universe;and;human;stupidity;;and;I'm;not;sure;about;the;the;universe.;;;As;far;as;the;laws;of;mathematics;refer;to;reality,;they;are;not;certain,;as;far;as;they;are;certain,;they;do;not;refer;to;reality.;;;Whoever;undertakes;to;set;himself;up;as;a;judge;of;Truth;and;Knowledge;is;shipwrecked;by;the;laughter;of;the;gods.;;;I;know;not;with;what;weapons;World;War;III;will;be;fought,;but;World;War;IV;will;be;fought;with;sticks;and;stones.;;;In;order;to;form;an;immaculate;member;of;a;flock;of;sheep;one;must,;above;all,;be;a;sheep.;;;The;fear;of;death;is;the;most;unjustified;of;all;fears,;for;there's;no;risk;of;accident;for;someone;who's;dead.;;;Too;many;of;us;look;upon;Americans;as;dollar;chasers.;This;is;a;cruel;libel,;even;if;it;is;reiterated;thoughtlessly;by;the;Americans;themselves.;;;Heroism;on;command,;senseless;violence,;and;all;the;loathsome;nonsense;that;goes;by;the;name;of;patriotism;--;how;passionately;I;hate;them!;;;No,;this;trick;won't;work...How;on;earth;are;you;ever;going;to;explain;in;terms;of;chemistry;and;physics;so;important;a;biological;phenomenon;as;first;love?;;;My;religion;consists;of;a;humble;admiration;of;the;illimitable;superior;spirit;who;reveals;himself;in;the;slight;details;we;are;able;to;perceive;with;our;frail;and;feeble;mind.;;;Yes,;we;have;to;divide;up;our;time;like;that,;between;our;politics;and;our;equations.;But;to;me;our;equations;are;far;more;important,;for;politics;are;only;a;matter;of;present;concern.;A;mathematical;equation;stands;forever.;;;The;release;of;atom;power;has;changed;everything;except;our;way;of;thinking...the;solution;to;this;problem;lies;in;the;heart;of;mankind.;If;only;I;had;known,;I;should;have;become;a;watchmaker.;;;Great;spirits;have;always;found;violent;opposition;from;mediocrities.;The;latter;cannot;understand;it;when;a;man;does;not;thoughtlessly;submit;to;hereditary;prejudices;but;honestly;and;courageously;uses;his;intelligence.;;;The;most;beautiful;thing;we;can;experience;is;the;mysterious.;It;is;the;source;of;all;true;art;and;all;science.;He;to;whom;this;emotion;is;a;stranger,;who;can;no;longer;pause;to;wonder;and;stand;rapt;in;awe,;is;as;good;as;dead:;his;eyes;are;closed.;;;A;man's;ethical;behavior;should;be;based;effectually;on;sympathy,;education,;and;social;ties;;no;religious;basis;is;necessary.;Man;would;indeeded;be;in;a;poor;way;if;he;had;to;be;restrained;by;fear;of;punishment;and;hope;of;reward;after;death.;;;The;further;the;spiritual;evolution;of;mankind;advances,;the;more;certain;it;seems;to;me;that;the;path;to;genuine;religiosity;does;not;lie;through;the;fear;of;life,;and;the;fear;of;death,;and;blind;faith,;but;through;striving;after;rational;knowledge.;;;Now;he;has;departed;from;this;strange;world;a;little;ahead;of;me.;That;means;nothing.;People;like;us,;who;believe;in;physics,;know;that;the;distinction;between;past,;present,;and;future;is;only;a;stubbornly;persistent;illusion.;;;You;see,;wire;telegraph;is;a;kind;of;a;very,;very;long;cat.;You;pull;his;tail;in;New;York;and;his;head;is;meowing;in;Los;Angeles.;Do;you;understand;this?;And;radio;operates;exactly;the;same;way:;you;send;signals;here,;they;receive;them;there.;The;only;difference;is;that;there;is;no;cat.;;;One;had;to;cram;all;this;stuff;into;one's;mind;for;the;examinations,;whether;one;liked;it;or;not.;This;coercion;had;such;a;deterring;effect;on;me;that,;after;I;had;passed;the;final;examination,;I;found;the;consideration;of;any;scientific;problems;distasteful;to;me;for;an;entire;year.;;;...one;of;the;strongest;motives;that;lead;men;to;art;and;science;is;escape;from;everyday;life;with;its;painful;crudity;and;hopeless;dreariness,;from;the;fetters;of;one's;own;ever-shifting;desires.;A;finely;tempered;nature;longs;to;escape;from;the;personal;life;into;the;world;of;objective;perception;and;thought.;;;He;who;joyfully;marches;to;music;rank;and;file,;has;already;earned;my;contempt.;He;has;been;given;a;large;brain;by;mistake,;since;for;him;the;spinal;cord;would;surely;suffice.;This;disgrace;to;civilization;should;be;done;away;with;at;once.;Heroism;at;command,;how;violently;I;hate;all;this,;how;despicable;and;ignoble;war;is;;I;would;rather;be;torn;to;shreds;than;be;a;part;of;so;base;an;action.;It;is;my;conviction;that;killing;under;the;cloak;of;war;is;nothing;but;an;act;of;murder.;;;A;human;being;is;a;part;of;a;whole,;called;by;us;_universe_,;a;part;limited;in;time;and;space.;He;experiences;himself,;his;thoughts;and;feelings;as;something;separated;from;the;rest...;a;kind;of;optical;delusion;of;his;consciousness.;This;delusion;is;a;kind;of;prison;for;us,;restricting;us;to;our;personal;desires;and;to;affection;for;a;few;persons;nearest;to;us.;Our;task;must;be;to;free;ourselves;from;this;prison;by;widening;our;circle;of;compassion;to;embrace;all;living;creatures;and;the;whole;of;nature;in;its;beauty.;;;Not;everything;that;counts;can;be;counted,;and;not;everything;that;can;be;counted;counts.;;(Sign;hanging;in;Einstein's;office;at;Princeton);

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+You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.  Around

+you is a forest.  A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to

+the south.

+  Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.

+

+;What Now? ENTER

+

+;You are inside a small building, a well house for a large spring.  The stream

+bubbles up out of the ground and flows out the side of the building through a

+pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes.  The word "THURB" has been painted on one

+of the pipes.  There is a doorway in the middle of the north wall.  A huge

+steel safe has been installed into the brick wall on the east wall.

+;The safe door is closed.

+;A huge grandfather clock stands against the wall.

+;There are some old, ugly, dirty tennis shoes here.

+;A Boy-Scout compass is lying nearby.

+;There are several iron keys on the ground here.

+;There is a shiny brass lamp nearby.  It is off.

+;There is tasty food here.

+;There is a small bottle of water here.

+;There is cloak made from a heavy metallic fabric here.

+

+;What Now? 

+;GET LAMP AND EXAMINE IT

+;The grandfather loudly chimes the quarter hour.  It is 6:45.

+;You are now carrying the brass lantern.

+;The lamp runs on batteries and is currently turned off.

+;What Now? EXAMINE CLOCK

+;The grandfather clock is about eight feet tall.  It ticks very noisily.

+;It is 6:45 A.M.

+;What Now? EXIT

+;You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.  Around

+you is a forest.  A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to

+the south.

+  Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.

+;What Now?

+;NORTH

+;You are in open forest near both a valley and a road.

+

+;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;Are you trying to get into the cave?;Please answer Yes or No:;;NO;;NO;You are in the midst of a thick woods.;The ground is damp with dew.  The air is chilly and you shiver from the cold.; The only path leads south -;- back the way you came.;There are large trees here.;There are a lot of leaves on the ground all around you.;What Now?;;What Now?;;EXAMINE TREES;;EXAMINE TREES AND LEAVES;;The trees here are mostly large maples.;One of the trees has a heart carved on its trunk.;Inside the heart is carved:;"Dave + Ann = Love";and below the heart is the date:;"July 20, 1943.";Someone has also scratched the cryptic message:;"Turn Right First!";on the truck below the heart.;You wonder what that might mean.;The leaves are mostly from maple trees.;They are showing lots of fall colors.;Were you expecting something else, perhaps?;What Now?;;What Now?;NO;;NO;Don't be so negative!;What Now?;What Now?;SOUTH;;SOUTH;You are in open forest, with a deep valley to one side.;There is a piece of crumpled paper here.;What Now?;GET PAPER AND EXAMINE IT;You are now carrying the crumpled paper.;The paper appears to be some kind of map.;It is torn at the top of the paper.;What Now?;;What Now?;READ MAP;;READ MAP;What Now?;;What Now?;SOUTH;;SOUTH;You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.;Around you is a forest.;A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to the south.;Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.;What Now?;;What Now?;ENTER;;ENTER;You are inside a small building, a well house for a large spring.;The stream bubbles up out of the ground;and flows out the side of the building;through a pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes.;The word "THURB" has been painted on one of the pipes.;;The word "THURB" has been painted on one of the pipes.; There is a doorway in the middle of the north wall.;A huge steel safe has been installed into the brick wall on the east wall.;The safe door is closed.; A huge grandfather clock stands against the wall.;There are some old, ugly, dirty tennis shoes here.;A Boy-Scout compass is lying nearby.;There are several iron keys on the ground here.;There is tasty food here.;There is a small bottle of water here.;There is cloak made from a heavy metallic fabric here.;What Now?;;What Now?;DROP PAPER;;DROP PAPER;You drop the crumpled paper.;What Now?;;What Now?;EXIT;;EXIT;

+

+;You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.;Around you is a forest.;A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to the south.;Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You have walked up a hill, still in the forest.;A road slopes down the side of the hill to the east.;There is a small brick building in the distance at the end of the road.;A path leads down into a large valley to the west.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are standing amidst some trees on the eastern edge of a large valley.;The forest continues to the north, south and west, although;a deep stream bars any exit west.;There is a small path winding through the trees and up the hill to the east.;A small but wilted rose has been left here.;What Now?;;What Now?;GET ROSE AND EXAMINE IT;;GET ROSE AND EXAMINE IT;You are now carrying the small rose.;The rose is slowly wilting away.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You are lost amidst a thick mass of trees and bushes which block direct pathsforcing you to take long and probably circula;What Now?;;What Now?;GET APPLE AND EXAMINE IT;;GET APPLE AND EXAMINE IT;You are now carrying the red apple.;This is a nice big juicy red apple;not the type of apple that would be poisoned at all.;Your score just increase by 15 to 25;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are on the edge of the stream;hemmed close to the water by thick bushes;and clumps of reeds.;One or two gaps in the hedges allow you to squeeze;northward back into the main part of the forest.;Other paths allow you to walk west or east along the stream bank.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are standing at the northern end of a small humpbacked bridge;a picturesque stone structure;coated in moss and creepers;which crosses the stream to the south of you.;Paths seem to converge here from the north, west and east.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;

+

+<< Stream >>

+You are standing beside a narrow stream, which tinkles eastward through the

+trees.  You can travel through the trees in any direction save for south where

+the stream has cut a deep channel too wide to ford.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Stream >>

+You are standing beside a small silvery stream which gurgles gently from a

+rocky hollow to the west, to run gently eastward between the trees which

+surround you.

+

+Tracks lead through the trees in all directions.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Spring >>

+You are standing in a small rocky hollow on the edge of the western mountains.

+A single spring trickles from the rock here, running eastward out into the

+valley proper.  Apart from east back into the valley, steep rocky cliffs bar

+all exits.

+  A small stone pitcher has been placed here.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE PITCHER

+

+The pitcher has been carved out of a single piece of rock, probably granite.

+

+What Now? PUT ROSE IN PITCHER

+

+OK.  You put the rose in the pitcher.

+

+What Now? PUT WATER IN PITCHER

+

+The pitcher is now full of cool water.

+

+As soon as water and the rose met, the rose seems to take on a whole new life.

+Its petals open wider and its color gets richer.  Strangely enough, it even

+smells better.

+

+<-- The rose just needed some water to revive its beauty.

+

+What Now? GET ROSE AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the beautiful rose.

+

+The rose is in full bloom.  It is a beautiful rich red color and smells

+wonderful.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 40.

+

+What Now? SMELL ROSE

+

+The rose smells wonderful.

+

+Your score just increase by 10 to 50.

+

+<-- You must stop to smell the roses -- especially since it is worth 10

+    points.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< Stream >>

+You are standing beside a small silvery stream which gurgles gently from a

+rocky hollow to the west, to run gently eastward between the trees which

+surround you.

+

+Tracks lead through the trees in all directions.

+

+;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You are standing beside a narrow stream;which tinkles eastward through the trees.;You can travel through the trees in any direction;save for south where the stream has cut a deep channel too wide to ford.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You are standing at the northern end of a small humpbacked bridge,;a picturesque stone structure,;coated in moss and creepers which crosses the stream to the south of you.;Paths seem to converge here from the north,;west and east.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You are on the edge of the stream,;hemmed close to the water by thick bushes,;and clumps of reeds.;One or two gaps in the hedges allow you to squeeze;northward back into the main part of the forest.;Other paths allow you to walk west or east along the stream bank.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You stand on the edge of the forest,;which extends south east and west as far as you can see.;To the north the trees give way to a grassy hill.;A narrow worn path leads north up the hill.;To the south the path through the forest is almost blocked by thick hedges,;but a few gaps enable you to squeeze through.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You stand on a path which leads south;down into the valley;and northward into a churchyard of some sort,;with a ruined church standing beside it.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You stand in what is apparently an old and disused churchyard.;Weeds and moss cover the crumbling gravestones and paths.;To the east is a huge ancient church,;now decaying and surrounded by bits of fallen stonework.;To the north the graveyard continues.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You stand in what must have once been a magnificent arched entrance,;with huge oak doors,;and a carved doorway fit for a palace.;Now however the doors lie;in rotting pieces on the floor,;and rain drips down the moss covered stonework.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;

+

+<< The Church >>

+You stand in the center of the now battered and dilapidated church.  Water

+runs down the walls, dripping in pools onto the rotting remains of the pews.

+The church extends northward, and southward toward the altar.  To the west

+is the exit.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< North End Of Church >>

+You stand at the north end of the church, looking south down between the

+silent rows of rotting pews.  Another doorway leads east into a small room.

+  There are some wax candles here.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE CANDLES

+

+The candles are just that.  Wax candles.  Not long ones or fancy candles,

+just plain old regular candles.  Every adventure game needs a light source

+of some kind.  Why should this game be any different???

+There are 5 candles.

+

+What Now? INVENTORY

+

+You are carrying the following:

+  red apple

+  beautiful rose

+  brass lantern

+You are wearing the following:

+  brown knapsack

+

+What Now? EXAMINE KNAPSACK

+

+The knapsack is about a foot square and is brown.  It has a flap which can be

+opened and closed.

+

+What Now? OPEN KNAPSACK

+

+The brown knapsack is now open.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE IT

+

+The knapsack is about a foot square and is brown.  It has a flap which can be

+opened and closed.

+    There are some matches here. (in the knapsack)

+

+What Now? GET MATCHES AND EXAMINE THEM

+

+You are now carrying the wooden matches.

+

+The matches are just that.  Wooden matches.  Not long ones or fancy matches,

+just plain old regular matches.  There are 10 matches.

+

+What Now? LIGHT CANDLE AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You light the candle which burns brightly.

+

+The candle is burning brightly.  However, the wind is whistling through the

+room and the candle is unlikely to burn for too much longer.

+

+What Now? PRAY

+

+Prayer is good for the soul.  You feel better, now.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 65.  <-- Need to PRAY with a lighted candle

+

+What Now? PRAY

+

+<-- Only once, however.

+

+You're going to need a lot of prayer before this adventure is over.

+

+What Now? DROP MATCHES  <-- Wont need again.

+

+You drop the wooden matches.

+

+What Now? DROP KNAPSACK  <-- Wont need again.

+

+You drop the brown knapsack.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< The Church >>

+You stand in the center of the now battered and dilapidated church.  Water

+runs down the walls, dripping in pools onto the rotting remains of the pews.

+The church extends northward, and southward toward the altar.  To the west

+is the exit.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< By The Altar >>

+You are standing beside the altar, now barely recognizable, a smashed and aged

+pile of rotten wood and fabrics, hiding mossy stonework beneath.  A set of

+steps lead up to the east, probably to the church tower.  The main church hall

+is north, and to the south you can go behind the altar.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Behind The Altar >>

+You stand behind the altar looking northward along the length of the church

+which is a very sorry sight indeed, everything wooden is rotting, the

+stonework is moss covered, and gaping holes in the roof allow you to look

+skyward. 

+  A small silver cross on a silver chain lies sparkling before you!

+

+What Now? GET CROSS AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the silver cross.

+

+The cross is silver and hangs in the center of the chain which is also silver.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 80.

+

+What Now? WEAR CROSS

+

+You are now wearing the silver cross.

+

+<-- Wearing the cross protects you against Vampire bat attacks.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< By The Altar >>

+You are standing beside the altar, now barely recognizable, a smashed and aged

+pile of rotten wood and fabrics, hiding mossy stonework beneath.  A set of

+steps lead up to the east, probably to the church tower.  The main church hall

+is north, and to the south you can go behind the altar.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< Stairs >>

+You stand on a set of slippery stone steps which lead both downwards and upward

+from here.  Doorways lead south into a small room and west into the main

+church hall.

+

+What Now? UP

+

+A sudden draft blows out your candle.  <-- Candle only stays lit inside Church.

+

+<< The Stairs >>

+You are climbing a set of steep, slippery stairs that lead up into the church

+tower.  Water runs down the steps, collecting in mossy pools, where the cracks

+and dips in the stonework allow it.  The steps turn from stone to wood up

+above, and look very dodgy.

+

+To the west a doorway leads out into the pulpit.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< The Pulpit >>

+You stand in the rotting remains of what was the pulpit, looking north along

+the length of the church hall, a sorry sight indeed, and also gazing up

+through the holes in the roof, skyward.

+

+There is a large wooden sign nailed to the pulpit.  Its paint is flaked and

+faded.   

+

+A doorway leads east onto some stairs.

+

+What Now? READ SIGN

+

+The paint is cracked and faded and the letters are difficult to read.

+However, it appears to be a long list of commandments.  There are many, many,

+many more than ten.  Your eyes scan the list and fall randomly on a

+commandment near the bottom of the list.

+

+You just make it out...

+

+COMMANDMENT #12592

+Oh ye who write Adventure Games that torment the player with stupid puzzles:

+Dost thou know the magnitude of thy sin before the gods?  Yea, verily, thou

+shalt be ground between two stones.  Shall the angry gods cast thy body into

+the whirlpool?  Surely, thy eye shall be put out with a sharp stick!  Even

+unto the ends of the earth shalt thou wander and unto the land of the dead

+shalt thou be sent at last.  Surely thou shalt repent of thy low cunning.

+

+You smile and nod your head in agreement and approval.

+

+<-- A little "foreshadowing" of things to come!

+

+Your score just increase by 10 to 90.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< The Stairs >>

+You are climbing a set of steep, slippery stairs that lead up into the church

+tower.  Water runs down the steps, collecting in mossy pools, where the cracks

+and dips in the stonework allow it.  The steps turn from stone to wood up

+above, and look very dodgy.

+

+To the west a doorway leads out into the pulpit.

+

+What Now? DOWN

+

+<< Stairs >>

+You stand on a set of slippery stone steps which lead both downwards and upward

+from here.  Doorways lead south into a small room and west into the main

+church hall.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Bell Ringers' Room >>

+You are standing in a small stone room, which is both wet and cold.  The

+wooden roof above you has holes in it through which ropes hang, presumably for

+the church bells.  A single doorway leads north.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE ROPES

+

+The ropes are pulled to ring the church bells.

+

+What Now? PULL ROPES

+

+Ding! Dong!

+

+Your score just increase by 10 to 100.<-- Ringing the bells is worth 10 points.

+

+What Now? RING BELLS  <-- Only once, however.

+

+Ding! Dong!

+

+What Now? CLIMB ROPES

+

+You climb up the rope to the room above, where you find...

+

+<< The Bells, The Bells!! >>

+You stand in a large chamber packed with bells.  There is a doorway to the

+north.  The bell ropes hang down through holes in the floor.

+  A golden weathercock has been left here, somewhat out of order.

+

+What Now? GET COCK AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the golden weathercock.

+

+The weathercock is made of solid gold.  It is meant to show which way the wind

+is blowing.  This one looks like it is broken.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 115.

+

+What Now? CLIMB ROPES

+

+You climb down the rope to the room below, where you find...

+

+<< Bell Ringers' Room >>

+You are standing in a small stone room, which is both wet and cold.  The

+wooden roof above you has holes in it through which ropes hang, presumably for

+the church bells.  A single doorway leads north.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< Stairs >>

+You stand on a set of slippery stone steps which lead both downwards and upward

+from here.  Doorways lead south into a small room and west into the main

+church hall.

+

+What Now? DOWN

+

+<< The Crypt >>

+You stand in the crypt.  The room is damp and dismal and smells moldy.  It is

+a creepy and sinister place.  You can't help but give a little shudder either

+from the cold or from fear.  A staircase leads up and back out of the crypt.

+  You see a very grimy, dirty urn.

+  A large closed coffin sits against one wall.

+  There are quite a few moldy bones scattered on the floor.

+  There is a small skull nearby.

+  There are cobwebs everywhere.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE SKULL AND BONES

+

+The skull is rather small and ugly.  The back of the skull looks like it has

+been crushed.

+

+The head bone is connected to the neck bone.

+The neck bone is connected to the back bone.

+The back bone is connected to the front bone.  etc. etc. ...

+

+What Now? GET URN AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the dirty urn.

+

+The urn is encrusted with what looks like decades of grime and dirt.  There

+appears to be some writing on the side.

+

+What Now? READ URN

+

+The urn is too dirty to make out the words.

+

+What Now? OPEN COFFIN

+

+You manage to slide the coffin lid off and discover a stairway inside the

+coffin leading down into the darkness below.

+

+What Now? DOWN

+

+<< Cavern >>

+You are in a cavern with iridescent glowing walls.  A stairway leads up.

+There is an opening in the wall to the east.

+  There is a long ladder here.

+

+What Now? GET LADDER AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the long ladder.

+

+The ladder is made out of wood and is about 10 feet long.  It is quite heavy.

+

+What Now? UP

+

+You climb the stairs only to discover that someone has closed the coffin lid.

+You push and push, but you can't budge it.  You are trapped!

+

+<-- The player must throw something into the chasm in order to escape.

+

+<< Cavern >>

+You are in a cavern with iridescent glowing walls.  A stairway leads up.

+There is an opening in the wall to the east.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+For some reason, you can't see anything here.

+

+What Now? LIGHT LAMP

+

+You hear the flapping of many wings.  Bats!!  A shiver of fear shocks your

+very being.

+

+<-- Wearing the cross protects you against Vampire bats.

+

+Your lamp is now shining brightly!

+

+What Now? LOOK

+

+<< Odd room >>

+You are in an odd-shaped room with a strange smell.  It is dark and musty.

+There are openings to the west and to the south.

+  There is a brass plaque mounted on the north wall of the room.

+  Several giant vampire bats are flying about the room.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE BATS

+

+The bats are each about a foot across.  Their wings make a real racket as they

+flap around the room.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< North ledge >>

+You are on a ledge overlooking a deep and wide chasm.  It is too wide to jump.

+Peering down into the chasm, you can just barely see the bottom far below.

+There is only one exit from the room and it is an opening to the north.

+  You see a narrow ledge on the other side of the chasm.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE LEDGE

+

+The ledge juts out over the chasm.  However, it is still too far away to jump.

+You don't see how you get across to the ledge.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE CHASM

+

+You peer across the chasm and can just make out the other side through the

+thick white mist.  The chasm is too wide to jump.  You drop a small rock over

+the edge into the mist and it is quite a while before you hear it hit bottom.

+

+What Now? HELP

+

+Maybe you should try to throw something useful across the chasm!

+

+What Now? THROW LADDER OVER CHASM

+

+The ladder disappears into the chasm.

+

+What Now? HELP

+

+You shouldn't believe everything you read in Adventure Games -- even the HELP

+messages!

+

+Your score just increase by 10 to 125.

+

+<-- Asking for HELP after throwing something into the chasm is worth 10 points.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< Odd room >>

+You are in an odd-shaped room with a strange smell.  It is dark and musty.

+There are openings to the west and to the south.

+  There is a brass plaque mounted on the north wall of the room.

+  Several giant vampire bats are flying about the room.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Cavern >>

+You are in a cavern with iridescent glowing walls.  A stairway leads up.

+There is an opening in the wall to the east.

+

+What Now? UP

+

+<< The Crypt >>

+You stand in the crypt.  The room is damp and dismal and smells moldy.  It is

+a creepy and sinister place.  You can't help but give a little shudder either

+from the cold or from fear.  A staircase leads up and back out of the crypt.

+  There are quite a few moldy bones scattered on the floor.

+  There is a small skull nearby.

+  There are cobwebs everywhere.

+  The open coffin reveals a set of stairs leading down.

+

+What Now? EXTINGUISH LIGHT

+

+Your lamp is now off.

+

+What Now? UP

+

+<< Stairs >>

+You stand on a set of slippery stone steps which lead both downwards and upward

+from here.  Doorways lead south into a small room and west into the main

+church hall.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< By The Altar >>

+You are standing beside the altar, now barely recognizable, a smashed and aged

+pile of rotten wood and fabrics, hiding mossy stonework beneath.  A set of

+steps lead up to the east, probably to the church tower.  The main church hall

+is north, and to the south you can go behind the altar.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< The Church >>

+You stand in the center of the now battered and dilapidated church.  Water

+runs down the walls, dripping in pools onto the rotting remains of the pews.

+The church extends northward, and southward toward the altar.  To the west

+is the exit.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Arched Entry >>

+You stand in what must have once been a magnificent arched entrance, with huge

+oak doors, and a carved doorway fit for a palace.  Now however the doors lie

+in rotting pieces on the floor, and rain drips down the moss covered

+stonework.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Churchyard >>

+You stand in what is apparently an old and disused churchyard.  Weeds and moss

+cover the crumbling gravestones and paths.  To the east is a huge ancient

+church, now decaying and surrounded by bits of fallen stonework.  To the north

+the graveyard continues.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< On Path >>

+You stand on a path which leads south -- down into the valley and northward

+into a churchyard of some sort, with a ruined church standing beside it.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Forests Edge >>

+You stand on the edge of the forest, which extends south east and west as far

+as you can see.  To the north the trees give way to a grassy hill.  A narrow

+worn path leads north up the hill.  To the south the path through the forest

+is almost blocked by thick hedges, but a few gaps enable you to squeeze

+through. 

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Stream Edge >>

+You are on the edge of the stream, hemmed close to the water by thick bushes,

+and clumps of reeds.  One or two gaps in the hedges allow you to squeeze

+northward back into the main part of the forest.  Other paths allow you to

+walk west or east along the stream bank.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< Thick Forest >>

+You are lost amidst a thick mass of trees and bushes which block direct paths

+forcing you to take long and probably circular routes in your attempts to get

+past them.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Eastern Side Of Valley >>

+You are standing amidst some trees on the eastern edge of a large valley.  The

+forest continues to the north, south and west, although a deep stream bars any

+exit west.  There is a small path winding through the trees and up the hill to

+the east.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< Hill by road >>

+You have walked up a hill, still in the forest.  A road slopes down the side

+of the hill to the east.  There is a small brick building in the distance at

+the end of the road.

+

+A path leads down into a large valley to the west.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< End of road >>

+You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.  Around

+you is a forest.  A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to

+the south.

+  Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE URN

+

+The urn is encrusted with what looks like decades of grime and dirt.  There

+appears to be some writing on the side.

+

+What Now? OPEN URN

+

+The dirty urn is now open.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE IT

+

+The urn is encrusted with what looks like decades of grime and dirt.  There

+appears to be some writing on the side.

+    You see some gray ashes. (in the urn)

+

+What Now? GET ASHES AND EXAMINE THEM

+

+You are now carrying the gray ashes.

+

+The ashes are gray and you suspect they are the remains some dear departed

+soul.

+

+What Now? DROP THEM

+

+You drop the gray ashes.  <-- Wont need again.

+

+What Now? WASH URN

+

+As you wash the grime and accumulated years of dirt off of the urn, you

+discover that the urn is actually made of gold and encrusted with gems and

+precious stones.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 140.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE IT

+

+The urn is encrusted with gems and precious stones.  There is some writing on

+the side.

+

+What Now? READ URN

+

+Engraved in fancy letters on the side of the urn: Last remains of an unknown

+adventurer, who lost his life in Humongous Cave.

+

+What Now? ENTER

+

+<< Inside building >>

+You are inside a small building, a well house for a large spring.  The stream

+bubbles up out of the ground and flows out the side of the building through a

+pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes.  The word "THURB" has been painted on one

+of the pipes.  There is a doorway in the middle of the north wall.  A huge

+steel safe has been installed into the brick wall on the east wall.

+  The safe door is closed.

+  A huge grandfather clock stands against the wall.

+  There are some old, ugly, dirty tennis shoes here.

+  A Boy-Scout compass is lying nearby.

+  There are several iron keys on the ground here.

+  There is tasty food here.

+  There is a small bottle of water here.

+  There is cloak made from a heavy metallic fabric here.

+  There is a piece of crumpled paper here.

+

+What Now? INVENTORY

+

+You are carrying the following:

+  beautiful rose

+  red apple

+  jeweled urn

+  golden weathercock

+  brass lantern

+You are wearing the following:

+  silver cross

+

+What Now? DROP ALL

+

+Sorry, but you must drop things one-at-a-time, here!

+

+<-- All "treasures" must be dropped inside the building (i.e., here) or inside

+    the safe that you will find later in the cave.

+

+What Now? DROP ROSE

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+1 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the rose hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+What Now? DROP APPLE

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+2 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the apple hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+What Now? DROP URN

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+3 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the urn hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+What Now? DROP COCK

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+4 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the weathercock hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+What Now? DROP CROSS

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+5 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the cross hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+

+< ----------------  CAMPAIGN 2 -- Below The Building ------------------------>

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< Tool room >>

+You are in a small, low-ceilinged room with the words

+

+   "Witt Company Tool Room - Melenkurion division"

+

+carved into one of the walls.  A doorway exits to the south from here.

+  There is a long-handled shovel here.

+  There are a pair of suction cups here.

+

+What Now? GET CUPS AND EXAMINE THEM

+

+You are now carrying the suction cups.

+

+The suction cups are connected to a metal bar with a handle to hold them.

+These are the kind of suction cups that are used to hold on to something flat

+such as a large glass window.  A window washer on a high-rise building might

+use these to hold himself on to the glass by giving the command "ATTACH

+SUCTION CUPS TO WINDOW."  These could come in handy if you have to wash some

+windows. 

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Inside building >>

+You are inside a small building, a well house for a large spring.  The stream

+bubbles up out of the ground and flows out the side of the building through a

+pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes.  The word "THURB" has been painted on one

+of the pipes.  There is a doorway in the middle of the north wall.  A huge

+steel safe has been installed into the brick wall on the east wall.

+  The safe door is closed.

+  A huge grandfather clock stands against the wall.

+  There are some old, ugly, dirty tennis shoes here.

+  A Boy-Scout compass is lying nearby.

+  There are several iron keys on the ground here.

+  There is tasty food here.

+  There is a small bottle of water here.

+  There is cloak made from a heavy metallic fabric here.

+  There is a piece of crumpled paper here.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE SAFE

+

+The safe takes up most of the east wall of the room.  There is a combination

+knob in the center of the safe's door, while to the left of the knob about

+eight inches away, is a short handle which is pointing toward the combination

+knob.    

+

+You play with the knob and try to turn the handle, but it is no use.  The

+safe is locked and you are unable to unlock it.

+

+<-- Remember the date 7-20-43 carved in the tree!

+

+What Now? TURN KNOB

+

+WHICH DIRECTION (LEFT OR RIGHT) ?  RIGHT

+What number (from 0 to 99) ? 7

+

+Strange!  Nothing happened.  At least, nothing obvious happened.

+

+What Now? TURN KNOB

+

+WHICH DIRECTION (LEFT OR RIGHT) ?  LEFT

+What number (from 0 to 99) ? 20

+

+Strange!  Nothing happened.  At least, nothing obvious happened.

+

+What Now? TURN KNOB

+

+WHICH DIRECTION (LEFT OR RIGHT) ?  RIGHT

+What number (from 0 to 99) ? 43

+

+You suddenly hear a loud CLICK!

+

+What Now? OPEN SAFE

+

+You pull the handle with all your strength and the large door slowly swings

+open revealing the contents of the vault.

+

+You see.....

+  A stone stairway leads down.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 155.

+

+<-- Opening the safe with the correct combination is worth 15 points.

+

+What Now? DOWN

+

+You climb down the steep stairway in the safe.

+

+<< Southern end of long hall >>

+You are at the southern end of a long hall.  A stairway leads up into the

+darkness.  There is a curtain over the open doorway to the south.  The door to

+the north is closed.  It is made of thick steel and looks like it could

+survive a nuclear blast.

+  Next to the steel door is a small slot.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Programmer's Den >>

+You are in a strange room with exits to both the north and south.  Both exits

+have curtains draw over them.  The floor is carpeted, the walls are rubber, the

+room is strewn with papers, listings, books, and half-empty JOLT Cola bottles.

+The cryptic anagram "D + A = L" is inscribed throughout the room.  The south

+wall is almost covered by a large color centerfold of a naked supercomputer.

+A sign on the wall says,

+

+                "PROGRAMMER'S DEN"

+

+The software wizard is nowhere to be seen.

+

+There are many computers here: micros, minis, maxis and megas.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+A bearded programmer steps out from the shadows and says, "Since you didn't

+try to steal any of my stuff, I'll give you a special plastic card and reveal

+a secret password.  Use the password wisely and enjoy your stay in HUMONGOUS

+CAVE, my son."  With that, the programmer vanishes, leaving a few 0 and 1 bits

+that briefly form the word:

+

+     TURBO

+

+<< Southern end of long hall >>

+You are at the southern end of a long hall.  A stairway leads up into the

+darkness.  There is a curtain over the open doorway to the south.  The door to

+the north is closed.  It is made of thick steel and looks like it could

+survive a nuclear blast.

+  Next to the steel door is a small slot.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE CARD

+

+The plastic card is about 2 by 4 inches.  It has a number of holes in it at

+one end.  At the other end, is printed "INSERT THIS END" and there is an arrow

+pointing toward the end with the holes.  It looks like one of those electronic

+access cards that hotels use rather than normal metal keys.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE SLOT

+

+The door is solid steel.  You must open it by using some kind of access card

+-- because above the slot is a small sign that says "INSERT ACCESS CARD FOR

+ADMITTANCE."

+

+What Now? INSERT CARD IN SLOT

+

+You insert the card into the slot.  A very loud buzzing sound comes from the

+door and then the door swings open and you enter the room to find ...

+

+<< Computer Center >>

+You are in a large computer center with a raised floor and recessed lights in

+the ceiling.  Large mainframes are everywhere.  There are exits to the north

+and south.  There is a sign on the east wall.

+  An ancient IBM PC-XT is on a small table in the corner.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE MAINFRAMES

+

+The mainframe computers here are all the latest and greatest, including

+Cray's, CDC's, IBM's, DEC's, etc.  There is an incredible amount of computing

+power in this room.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE PC-XT

+

+The computer is an ancient IBM PC-XT.  It has a CGA monitor, 512K of memory, a

+10 meg hard drive and a floppy disk drive.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE FLOOR

+

+The raised floor is made from special tiles about two feet square.

+

+What Now? ATTACH SUCTION CUPS TO FLOOR

+

+You attach the suction cups to the floor tiles and lift up.  A tile comes up

+making a hole in the floor.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 170.

+

+What Now? LOOK

+

+<< Computer Center >>

+You are in a large computer center with a raised floor and recessed lights in

+the ceiling.  Large mainframes are everywhere.  There are exits to the north

+and south.  There is a sign on the east wall.

+  There is a hole in the floor where one of the tiles has been removed.

+  An ancient IBM PC-XT is on a small table in the corner.

+

+What Now? DOWN

+

+For some reason, you can't see anything here.

+

+What Now? LIGHT LAMP

+

+Your lamp is now shining brightly!

+

+What Now? LOOK

+

+<< Beneath Computer Center >>

+You are in a small room below the computer center.  Near the ceiling there are

+all sorts of wires and cables.  There is also a small hole in the ceiling

+which you can just reach.  To the west is a crawlway leading into the

+darkness.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Small Barren Room >>

+You are in a small barren room.  This room has even more wires than the room

+you were just in.  There is a crawlway leading into the darkness to the east.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE WIRES

+

+The wires and cables are obviously used to connect the computers in the room

+above.   

+

+You discover something bright and ticking among the wires.

+

+What Now? LOOK

+

+<< Small Barren Room >>

+You are in a small barren room.  This room has even more wires than the room

+you were just in.  There is a crawlway leading into the darkness to the east.

+  There is a beautiful old gold watch on a matching gold chain here.

+

+What Now? GET WATCH

+

+As you get the watch, you notice the time ...

+

+The time is currently 10:37 A.M.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 185.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< Beneath Computer Center >>

+You are in a small room below the computer center.  Near the ceiling there are

+all sorts of wires and cables.  There is also a small hole in the ceiling

+which you can just reach.  To the west is a crawlway leading into the

+darkness.

+

+What Now? UP

+

+<< Computer Center >>

+You are in a large computer center with a raised floor and recessed lights in

+the ceiling.  Large mainframes are everywhere.  There are exits to the north

+and south.  There is a sign on the east wall.

+  There is a hole in the floor where one of the tiles has been removed.

+  An ancient IBM PC-XT is on a small table in the corner.

+

+What Now? DROP CUPS  <-- Wont need again.

+

+You drop the suction cups.

+

+What Now? READ SIGN

+

+The sign reads: "Expiratory Distribution of Partially Ignited Hydrocarbons

+into the Immediate Atmosphere Strictly Disallowed".  Below these words is a

+picture of a burning cigarette with a red circle and a red line drawn through

+it.      

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< Air-Conditioned Room >>

+You are in a small barren room.  There is an exit south to the computer

+center.  The room is very, very cold because of the cold air blasting thru the

+air-conditioning duct in the east wall.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE DUCT

+

+The air-conditioning duct is near the bottom of the east wall.  It is covered

+by a metal grate.  Very COLD air is blowing through it.  You are going to

+freeze if you stay here much longer.

+

+What Now? GET DUCT

+

+You manage to remove the grate covering the duct.  Like a true adventurer,

+you then let your imagination get the better of your good sense and you crawl

+into the duct.  You crawl about a hundred feet further into the duct before

+you pause to rest at a place where the duct turns to the south.  The air is

+still blasting away in the duct and you are very, very cold!

+

+Your score just increase by 10 to 195. <-- Removing duct is worth 10 points.

+

+<< At Turn In duct >>

+You are at a elbow-turn in the duct.  The duct extends to the west and to the

+south.  You can not see any light in either direction.  It is very cold here!

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+You crawl south along the duct for about an hour -- at least, it seems like an

+hour.    

+

+<< In The Duct >>

+You are in the middle of an extremely long duct.  It extends forever to the

+north and to the south.  It is very cold!  Other than being cold, this place

+is pretty boring.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+After a brief pause for rest, you set off to the south and crawl for a while

+longer.  

+

+<< In The Duct >>

+You are in the middle of an extremely long duct.  It extends forever to the

+north and to the south.  It is very cold!  You are going to freeze if you

+don't get out of here soon.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+After a brief pause for rest, you set off to the south and crawl for a while

+longer.  

+

+<< In The Duct >>

+You are in the middle of an extremely long duct.  Cold air is blasting at you

+from the south.  It is very cold!  The duct extends forever to the north.  To

+the south, you can see a faint light.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+After a brief pause for rest, you set off to the south and crawl for a while

+longer.  

+

+<< End Of The Duct >>

+You at the mouth of a small opening overlooking a large windy cavern.  To the

+north is a duct that extends as far as you can see.  The duct is only about

+three feet high, so you will need to crawl if you go north.  You can also

+climb down or go south to enter the windy cavern.  It is very cold here!

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Windy cavern >>

+You in a large cavern.  The cavern has a large hole in the ceiling high above

+your head.  The hole is too far above you to exit that way.  An incredibly

+strong wind blows through the hole in the ceiling.  The wind is very, very

+cold and you will freeze if you don't leave here soon.

+

+Passages lead off to the west and to the south.  There is a small opening

+about four feet above the ground in the north end of the cavern.

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Paneled passage >>

+You in a oak-paneled hallway.  The hall extends to the east and to the west.

+A strong wind is blowing from the east.  It is very cold!

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Witt's Private Office >>

+You are in the private office of Mr. Ralph Witt.  There is a hallway to the

+east.  It is very cold because of the air that blows through the hallway.

+There is a large heavy door in the middle of the west wall.

+

+There are the usual office-type pieces of furniture:

+  Along the wall is an old file cabinet.

+  In the corner, there is a wooden coat rack.

+  A nice heavy parka is here. ( on the coat rack )

+    There is a pocket on the right side of the parka. (in the parka)

+    And, strangely enough, a pocket on the left side also. (in the parka)

+  Witt's large oak desk sits in the center of the floor.

+  There is a cushy swivel chair. ( behind the desk )

+  There is a pile of mail here.

+  There is a Compaq 486 sitting on the desk (no office should be without one).

+

+What Now? WEAR PARKA  <-- Needed to keep from freezing to death!

+

+You are now wearing the heavy parka.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE PARKA

+

+The parka looks very warm.  It's stuffed with the finest eider down.  It has a

+very heavy zipper with a large pocket on either side.  You can't be sure, but

+you suspect there is no pocket lint in either pocket.  The pockets open and

+close.   

+    There is a pocket on the right side of the parka. (in the parka)

+    And, strangely enough, a pocket on the left side also. (in the parka)

+

+What Now? EXAMINE POCKET

+

+Which "POCKET", the RIGHT POCKET or the LEFT POCKET?

+

+THE RIGHT POCKET

+

+Pockets are funny.  It's hard to tell whether they're left or right.  If it's

+your jacket and you're wearing it, this would be the right pocket.  If it was

+someone else's jacket and they were wearing it while you were examining it,

+well not only would it be the left pocket but you'd probably get your face

+slapped.

+

+What Now? OPEN RIGHT POCKET

+

+The right pocket is now open.

+

+What Now? OPEN LEFT POCKET

+

+The left pocket is now open.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 210.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE PARKA

+

+The parka looks very warm.  It's stuffed with the finest eider down.  It has a

+very heavy zipper with a large pocket on either side.  You can't be sure, but

+you suspect there is no pocket lint in either pocket.  The pockets open and

+close.   

+    There is a pocket on the right side of the parka. (in the parka)

+      There is a giant rabbit's foot here. (in the pocket)

+    And, strangely enough, a pocket on the left side also. (in the parka)

+      There is a gold key here. (in the pocket)

+

+What Now? GET KEY AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the gold key.

+

+It's one of those old fashioned keys that looks sort of like a 'K'.  It is

+made of the finest gold and has the initials R.W. engraved delicately on one

+side.    

+

+What Now? GET FOOT AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the rabbit's foot.

+

+The foot looks like it came from a mighty BIG rabbit.  I would sure hate to

+run into the sucker who belongs with this foot!

+

+What Now? GET MAIL AND EXAMINE IT

+

+You are now carrying the mail pile.

+

+The 'pile' of mail looks more like a man-made mountain.

+

+What Now? READ MAIL

+

+Every envelope is addressed to Ralph Witt.

+

+Have you forgotten the "Adventurer's Oath" you took to be a goodie two shoes

+and to not do anything illegal in this game?  Remember, it is a federal

+offense to open other people's mail.

+

+What Now? RUB RABBIT'S FOOT

+

+You rub the rabbit's foot for a while, but nothing happens.

+

+What Now? LOOK

+

+<< Witt's Private Office >>

+You are in the private office of Mr. Ralph Witt.  There is a hallway to the

+east.  It is very cold because of the air that blows through the hallway.

+There is a large heavy door in the middle of the west wall.

+

+There are the usual office-type pieces of furniture:

+  Along the wall is an old file cabinet.

+  In the corner, there is a wooden coat rack.

+  Witt's large oak desk sits in the center of the floor.

+  There is a cushy swivel chair. ( behind the desk )

+  There is a Compaq 486 sitting on the desk (no office should be without one).

+

+What Now? EXAMINE CHAIR

+

+It's one of those cushy swivel chairs.  Sitting in it would be hazardous to

+the completion of your task.  It looks far too comfortable.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE COMPAQ

+

+This is one of those new 100 MegaHertz screamers with the latest in laser

+storage devices.  Witt is obviously a POWER user.  The monitor actually looks

+more like a hologram.  There is a 3D view of the cave with many lines running

+from location to location.

+

+What Now? READ IT

+

+The cave is obviously a very confusing place with locations connected to other

+places with little or no rhyme or reason.  Witt is deranged and so is his

+cave.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE DESK

+

+The drawer is in the center of the desk.  It has an ornate gold lock.

+

+What Now? UNLOCK DESK WITH KEY

+

+You have now unlocked the oak desk, using the key.

+

+What Now? OPEN DRAWER

+

+The oak desk is now open.

+

+What Now? LOOK

+

+<< Witt's Private Office >>

+You are in the private office of Mr. Ralph Witt.  There is a hallway to the

+east.  It is very cold because of the air that blows through the hallway.

+There is a large heavy door in the middle of the west wall.

+

+There are the usual office-type pieces of furniture:

+  Along the wall is an old file cabinet.

+  In the corner, there is a wooden coat rack.

+  Witt's large oak desk sits in the center of the floor.

+    There is a diary here.  It is quite old. (in the desk)

+  There is a cushy swivel chair. ( behind the desk )

+  There is a Compaq 486 sitting on the desk (no office should be without one).

+

+What Now? GET DIARY

+

+You are now carrying the old diary.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE IT

+

+The diary is ancient.  The leather is dry and cracked and the paper is yellow

+and very brittle.  It is full of pithy little insights on life and adventures.

+

+What Now? READ DIARY

+

+This game was created using the Adventure Game Toolkit.

+

+A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ADVENTURE GAME TOOLKIT -- etc., etc., etc...

+

+What Now? READ DIARY

+

+Time is just nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

+

+What Now? AGAIN

+

+Trolls like eggs!  <-- The diary has some hints.  Like this one.

+

+What Now? AGAIN

+

+No problem is so formidable that you can't just run away from it.

+

+What Now? AGAIN

+

+You've got to kiss a lot of ugly frogs before you find your handsome prince

+(or princess).  <-- The diary has some hints.  Like this one.

+

+What Now? SIT IN CHAIR

+

+Sitting down would be hazardous to the completion of your adventure.  You have

+an urgent mission to perform and you had best get on with it.

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< Paneled passage >>

+You in a oak-paneled hallway.  The hall extends to the east and to the west.

+A strong wind is blowing from the east.  It is very cold!

+

+What Now? EAST

+

+<< Windy cavern >>

+You in a large cavern.  The cavern has a large hole in the ceiling high above

+your head.  The hole is too far above you to exit that way.  An incredibly

+strong wind blows through the hole in the ceiling.  The wind is very, very

+cold and you will freeze if you don't leave here soon.

+

+Passages lead off to the west and to the south.  There is a small opening

+about four feet above the ground in the north end of the cavern.

+

+Your score just increase by 15 to 225.

+

+What Now? INVENTORY

+

+You are carrying the following:

+  rabbit's foot

+  gold key

+  old diary

+  rare stamps  <-- Mail changed into rare stamps

+  gold watch

+  plastic card

+  brass lantern

+You are wearing the following:

+  heavy parka

+    There is a pocket on the right side of the parka. (in the parka)

+    And, strangely enough, a pocket on the left side also. (in the parka)

+

+What Now? EXAMINE STAMPS

+

+The envelopes are all stamped with very rare stamps.  Specifically, the stamps

+are all part of a special commemorative series honoring the "Greatest

+Adventurers of All Time."  You are pleased to see your face (beaming

+brightly) on a pretty blue stamp.  Under your pictures is a caption that

+proclaims you as the "(Almost) Conqueror of Humongous Cave."

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+<< End Of The Duct >>

+You at the mouth of a small opening overlooking a large windy cavern.  To the

+north is a duct that extends as far as you can see.  The duct is only about

+three feet high, so you will need to crawl if you go north.  You can also

+climb down or go south to enter the windy cavern.  It is very cold here!

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+You crawl into the duct and continue to crawl north for a very long time.  The

+cold, cold wind blows through the duct from the cavern to your south.

+

+<< In The Duct >>

+You are in the middle of an extremely long duct.  Cold air is blasting at you

+from the south.  It is very cold!  The duct extends forever to the north.  To

+the south, you can see a faint light.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+After a brief pause for rest, you set off to the north and crawl for a while

+longer.  

+

+<< In The Duct >>

+You are in the middle of an extremely long duct.  It extends forever to the

+north and to the south.  It is very cold!  You are going to freeze if you

+don't get out of here soon.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+After a brief pause for rest, you set off to the north and crawl for a while

+longer.  

+

+<< In The Duct >>

+You are in the middle of an extremely long duct.  It extends forever to the

+north and to the south.  It is very cold!  Other than being cold, this place

+is pretty boring.

+

+What Now? NORTH

+

+After a brief pause for rest, you set off to the north and crawl for a while

+longer.  

+

+<< At Turn In duct >>

+You are at a elbow-turn in the duct.  The duct extends to the west and to the

+south.  You can not see any light in either direction.  It is very cold here!

+

+What Now? WEST

+

+<< Air-Conditioned Room >>

+You are in a small barren room.  There is an exit south to the computer

+center.  The room is very, very cold because of the cold air blasting thru the

+air-conditioning duct in the east wall.

+  There is a metal air-conditioning grate on the floor.

+

+What Now? EXTINGUISH LAMP <-- Conserve your lamp's batteries whenever possible!

+

+Your lamp is now off.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Computer Center >>

+You are in a large computer center with a raised floor and recessed lights in

+the ceiling.  Large mainframes are everywhere.  There are exits to the north

+and south.  There is a sign on the east wall.

+  There are a pair of suction cups here.

+  There is a hole in the floor where one of the tiles has been removed.

+  An ancient IBM PC-XT is on a small table in the corner.

+

+What Now? SOUTH

+

+<< Southern end of long hall >>

+You are at the southern end of a long hall.  A stairway leads up into the

+darkness.  There is a curtain over the open doorway to the south.  The door to

+the north is closed.  It is made of thick steel and looks like it could

+survive a nuclear blast.

+  Next to the steel door is a small slot.

+

+What Now? UP

+

+You climb up the stairs and enter the room above through the open safe door.

+<< Inside building >>

+You are inside a small building, a well house for a large spring.  The stream

+bubbles up out of the ground and flows out the side of the building through a

+pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes.  The word "THURB" has been painted on one

+of the pipes.  There is a doorway in the middle of the north wall.  A huge

+steel safe has been installed into the brick wall on the east wall.

+  The safe's door is wide open!

+    A stone stairway leads down. (in the safe)

+  A huge grandfather clock stands against the wall.

+  There are some old, ugly, dirty tennis shoes here.

+  A Boy-Scout compass is lying nearby.

+  There are several iron keys on the ground here.

+  There is tasty food here.

+  There is a small bottle of water here.

+  There is cloak made from a heavy metallic fabric here.

+  There is a piece of crumpled paper here.

+

+What Now? INVENTORY

+

+You are carrying the following:

+  rabbit's foot

+  gold key

+  old diary

+  rare stamps  <-- pile of mail turned into rare stamps

+  gold watch

+  plastic card

+  brass lantern

+You are wearing the following:

+  heavy parka

+    There is a pocket on the right side of the parka. (in the parka)

+    And, strangely enough, a pocket on the left side also. (in the parka)

+

+What Now? EXAMINE STAMPS

+

+The envelopes are all stamped with very rare stamps.  Specifically, the stamps

+are all part of a special commemorative series honoring the "Greatest

+Adventurers of All Time."  You are pleased to see your face (beaming

+brightly) on a pretty blue stamp.  Under your pictures is a caption that

+proclaims you as the "(Almost) Conqueror of Humongous Cave."

+

+What Now? DROP FOOT

+

+You drop the rabbit's foot.

+

+What Now? DROP PARKA  <-- Wont need again.

+

+You drop the heavy parka.

+

+What Now? DROP GOLD KEY

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+6 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the key hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+What Now? DROP CARD

+

+You drop the plastic card.

+

+What Now? DROP STAMPS

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+7 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the stamps hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+What Now? DROP DIARY  <-- Wont need again.

+

+You drop the old diary.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE WATCH

+

+The watch is an old style pocket watch.  It has a matching gold chain.

+

+The time is currently 11:55 A.M.

+

+What Now? DROP IT

+

+As you drop the treasure, a voice booms out: "Well done!  You have collected

+8 treasure(s) so far out of a total of 37."

+

+As the watch hits the floor, it disappears in a puff of blue smoke!

+

+What Now? GET KEY

+

+You are now carrying the iron keys.

+

+What Now? EXAMINE CLOAK

+

+The cloak is made from a heavy metallic fabric.  It is big enough that it

+would cover your entire body from head to foot.  The manufacturer's label is

+sewn to the inside of the cloak.

+

+What Now? READ LABEL

+

+--------------------------------

+|    Made of Turbo Gore-tex    |

+|      Wash in warm water      |

+|------------------------------|

+|  Produced by David Malmberg  |

+|                              |

+|   Based on original design   |

+|  by Woods, Crowther & Platt  |

+--------------------------------

+

+What Now? WEAR CLOAK

+

+You are now wearing the metallic cloak.

+

+<-- The cloak will protect you from dwarf attacks and other unpleasant

+    accidents.  You should wear it whenever you are in the cave if you

+    wish to minimize your risk of accidental death.

+

+What Now? EXIT

+

+<< End of road >>

+You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.  Around

+you is a forest.  A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to

+the south.

+  You see some gray ashes.

+  Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.

+

+

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+You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.; Around you is a forest. ;A  small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to the south.;Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.;What Now?;;What Now?;;What Now?;ENTER;You are inside a small building, a well house for a large spring.;The stream bubbles up out of the ground and flows out the side of the building;through a pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes.;The word "THURB" has been painted on one of the pipes. ;There is a doorway in the middle of the north wall.;A huge steel safe has been installed into the brick wall on the east wall. ;The safe door is closed. ;A huge grandfather clock stands against the wall. ;There are some old, ugly, dirty tennis shoes here.;A Boy-Scout compass is lying nearby.;There are several iron keys on the ground here.;There is a shiny brass lamp nearby.;It is off.;There is tasty food here.;There is a small bottle of water here.;There is cloak made from a heavy metallic fabric here.;What Now?;;What Now?;;What Now?;GET LAMP AND EXAMINE IT;;GET LAMP AND EXAMINE IT;The grandfather loudly chimes the quarter hour.  It is 6:45.;You are now carrying the brass  lantern.;The lamp runs on batteries and is currently turned off.;What Now?;;What Now?;EXAMINE CLOCK;;EXAMINE CLOCK;The grandfather clock is about eight feet tall.;It ticks very noisily.;It is 6:45 A.M.;What Now?;;What Now?;EXIT;;EXIT;You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.;Around you is a forest.;A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to the south.;;Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.;What Now?;;What Now?;;NORTH;;NORTH;;NORTH;You are in open forest near both a valley and a road.;;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;Are you trying to get into the cave?;Please answer Yes or No:;;NO;;NO;You are in the midst of a thick woods.;The ground is damp with dew.  The air is chilly and you shiver from the cold.; The only path leads south -;- back the way you came.;There are large trees here.;There are a lot of leaves on the ground all around you.;What Now?;;What Now?;;EXAMINE TREES;;EXAMINE TREES AND LEAVES;;The trees here are mostly large maples.;One of the trees has a heart carved on its trunk.;Inside the heart is carved:;"Dave + Ann = Love";and below the heart is the date:;"July 20, 1943.";Someone has also scratched the cryptic message:;"Turn Right First!";on the truck below the heart.;You wonder what that might mean.;The leaves are mostly from maple trees.;They are showing lots of fall colors.;Were you expecting something else, perhaps?;What Now?;;What Now?;NO;;NO;Don't be so negative!;What Now?;What Now?;SOUTH;;SOUTH;You are in open forest, with a deep valley to one side.;There is a piece of crumpled paper here.;What Now?;GET PAPER AND EXAMINE IT;You are now carrying the crumpled paper.;The paper appears to be some kind of map.;It is torn at the top of the paper.;What Now?;;What Now?;READ MAP;;READ MAP;What Now?;;What Now?;SOUTH;;SOUTH;You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.;Around you is a forest.;A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to the south.;Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.;What Now?;;What Now?;ENTER;;ENTER;You are inside a small building, a well house for a large spring.;The stream bubbles up out of the ground;and flows out the side of the building;through a pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes.;The word "THURB" has been painted on one of the pipes.;;The word "THURB" has been painted on one of the pipes.; There is a doorway in the middle of the north wall.;A huge steel safe has been installed into the brick wall on the east wall.;The safe door is closed.; A huge grandfather clock stands against the wall.;There are some old, ugly, dirty tennis shoes here.;A Boy-Scout compass is lying nearby.;There are several iron keys on the ground here.;There is tasty food here.;There is a small bottle of water here.;There is cloak made from a heavy metallic fabric here.;What Now?;;What Now?;DROP PAPER;;DROP PAPER;You drop the crumpled paper.;What Now?;;What Now?;EXIT;;EXIT;You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.;Around you is a forest.;A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to the south.;Next to the door of the building, there is a faded sign.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You have walked up a hill, still in the forest.;A road slopes down the side of the hill to the east.;There is a small brick building in the distance at the end of the road.;A path leads down into a large valley to the west.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are standing amidst some trees on the eastern edge of a large valley.;The forest continues to the north, south and west, although;a deep stream bars any exit west.;There is a small path winding through the trees and up the hill to the east.;A small but wilted rose has been left here.;What Now?;;What Now?;GET ROSE AND EXAMINE IT;;GET ROSE AND EXAMINE IT;You are now carrying the small rose.;The rose is slowly wilting away.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You are lost amidst a thick mass of trees and bushes which block direct pathsforcing you to take long and probably circula;What Now?;;What Now?;GET APPLE AND EXAMINE IT;;GET APPLE AND EXAMINE IT;You are now carrying the red apple.;This is a nice big juicy red apple;not the type of apple that would be poisoned at all.;Your score just increase by 15 to 25;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are on the edge of the stream;hemmed close to the water by thick bushes;and clumps of reeds.;One or two gaps in the hedges allow you to squeeze;northward back into the main part of the forest.;Other paths allow you to walk west or east along the stream bank.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are standing at the northern end of a small humpbacked bridge;a picturesque stone structure;coated in moss and creepers;which crosses the stream to the south of you.;Paths seem to converge here from the north, west and east.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are standing beside a narrow stream;which tinkles eastward through the trees.;You can travel through the trees in any direction;save for south where the stream has cut a deep channel too wide to ford.;What Now?;;What Now?;WEST;;WEST;You are standing beside a small silvery stream;which gurgles gently from a rocky hollow to the west;to run gently eastward between the trees which surround you.;Tracks lead through the trees in all directions.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You are standing beside a narrow stream;which tinkles eastward through the trees.;You can travel through the trees in any direction;save for south where the stream has cut a deep channel too wide to ford.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You are standing at the northern end of a small humpbacked bridge,;a picturesque stone structure,;coated in moss and creepers which crosses the stream to the south of you.;Paths seem to converge here from the north,;west and east.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You are on the edge of the stream,;hemmed close to the water by thick bushes,;and clumps of reeds.;One or two gaps in the hedges allow you to squeeze;northward back into the main part of the forest.;Other paths allow you to walk west or east along the stream bank.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You stand on the edge of the forest,;which extends south east and west as far as you can see.;To the north the trees give way to a grassy hill.;A narrow worn path leads north up the hill.;To the south the path through the forest is almost blocked by thick hedges,;but a few gaps enable you to squeeze through.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You stand on a path which leads south;down into the valley;and northward into a churchyard of some sort,;with a ruined church standing beside it.;What Now?;;What Now?;NORTH;;NORTH;You stand in what is apparently an old and disused churchyard.;Weeds and moss cover the crumbling gravestones and paths.;To the east is a huge ancient church,;now decaying and surrounded by bits of fallen stonework.;To the north the graveyard continues.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;You stand in what must have once been a magnificent arched entrance,;with huge oak doors,;and a carved doorway fit for a palace.;Now however the doors lie;in rotting pieces on the floor,;and rain drips down the moss covered stonework.;What Now?;;What Now?;EAST;;EAST;
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+[jeromebona] aude tells you to get drunk too;[Dj CRANKY] ok;[tamedhooligan] thats pretty frightening cranky one;[Dj CRANKY] no problem;[jeromebona] and martha and raymond laser aswell;[Dj CRANKY] for me a filipino to drink;[jeromebona] well it seems you dont have no choice dude;[Dj CRANKY] ( pisang + cola + breezer + vodka );[Dj CRANKY] i'm no dude, dude;[jeromebona] you aint no dude dude;[Dj CRANKY] dude;[Dj CRANKY] were are you from dude;[jeromebona] dude;[jeromebona] from dude, dude;[Dj CRANKY] gtaar;[doublevision] hey dj do you think David Bowie is jazz;[tamedhooligan] im from dude too;[Gainsboer] me tinx cranky sux;[Dj CRANKY] me from Belgium, flikker;[jeromebona] david bowie aint no jazz dude;[doublevision] i saw it in you're folder;[doublevision] haha;[tamedhooligan] haha;[Dj CRANKY] hmmmm;[jeromebona] david bowie is shit;[Dj CRANKY] i don't know;[jeromebona] thats what he is;[tamedhooligan] you dont seem to know whats goin on in your folder cranky;[jeromebona] except ashes to ashes;[jeromebona] that I like;[jeromebona] (kinda);[tamedhooligan] have you stole someones computer;[Gainsboer] ur folder iz out of control crankfuck;[doublevision] jimi hendrix also in his jazz folder;[doublevision] lol;[jeromebona] folders aint no jazz dude;[doublevision] he's cranck for sure that one;[jeromebona] folders is shit [Gainsboer] therfore u are officialy retarded;[Gainsboer] banned, ignored, fucked and doomed;[jeromebona] na serioulsy guys dont sort your files by genre;[doublevision] who?;[jeromebona] useless;[doublevision] idd;[doublevision] from A>Z is the best!!;[Gainsboer] cranky should sort his files like this:;[Gainsboer] shit;[Gainsboer] more shit;[jeromebona] yes right dude;[Gainsboer] even more shit;[jeromebona] A>Z;[Gainsboer] crap 1;[Gainsboer] crap 2;[Gainsboer] david bowie;[Gainsboer] crap 3;[doublevision] sperm maybe;[jeromebona] or better : Z<A;[jeromebona] or maybe A to B and then a folder C to Z;[doublevision] hey jeromeboner shut up;[jeromebona] ok dude;[jeromebona] sorry;[jeromebona] bye dudes;[doublevision] thanks;[jeromebona] got things to do anyway;[Gainsboer] cya dude;[doublevision] go and hang you're self;[jeromebona] so I dont care leaving this stinking room;[jeromebona] you guys stink;[jeromebona] especially sgt baker;[jeromebona] and you too double shit;[Gainsboer] go listen to madonna and die;[Dj CRANKY] w8 i listn ;[tamedhooligan] yo y yoyo crank;[jeromebona] hey gainsboer go and suck david bowie;[jeromebona] :)[Dj CRANKY] nooo;[Dj CRANKY] but my brother sit on this PC toooo;[Dj CRANKY] ?;[Dj CRANKY] yeah, i fuckt you mama;[Dj CRANKY] hmmm;[Dj CRANKY] but if you mix, and the songs are don't in folders, you can't find them fast;[Dj CRANKY] yeah , your shit;[Dj CRANKY] tgaya;[Dj CRANKY] tgoa ké a z ip yoen plaktote zen ;[Dj CRANKY] okokokok, if i have time enoaf;[tamedhooligan] hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm;[Gainsboer] out of time;[Gainsboer] cranky;[Gainsboer] u're disqualified;* tamedhooligan bitchslaps Dj CRANKY;[tamedhooligan] i told you already cranky - you aint on the list so you aint gettin in;* tamedhooligan bitchslaps cranky once more [Dj CRANKY] juiuiuij;[Dj CRANKY] go go go go;[Dj CRANKY] JB ;[Dj CRANKY] nonono;[Dj CRANKY] huh;[Dj CRANKY] how do you do that ?;* Gainsboer takes flamethrower and points at crankyfucktard;* Gainsboer pulls trigger;[Gainsboer] cranky dies;* tamedhooligan offers gainsbaer a very large cigar to celebrate;[Gainsboer] confetti falls out of the sky;[tamedhooligan] time to go im afraid...............later;[Dj CRANKY] pffffffffff;[Dj CRANKY] how do i get on di fuckn list;[Dj CRANKY] pffffff;[Dj CRANKY] ge stinkt ollemole;[Dj CRANKY] praat hier iemand nederlands ???;[Dj CRANKY] your all dicks;[Dj CRANKY] Peace to the Dj'z;[Dj CRANKY] you don't wonn;[Dj CRANKY] bitch;[Dj CRANKY] yoe have a micro penis;[Dj CRANKY] a big weed cigar to myself;[Dj CRANKY] fuck you mama;[Dj CRANKY] and your dog;[Dj CRANKY] and your fat papa;* tamedhooligan stays for a minute to observe confetti then leaves on his horse;[Dj CRANKY] suck your horse;[Dj CRANKY] put the horse his dick in your mouth and suck;[doublevision] wat een niveau!!;[Dj CRANKY] uhu;[Dj CRANKY] i'm from belgium, i can't speak english verry well sow,; 
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+About;the;best;fire;bomb;is;napalm.;It;has;a;thick;consistency,;like;jam;and;is;best;for;use;on;vehicles;or;buildings.;Napalms;is;simply;one;part;gasoline;and;one;part;soap.;The;soap;is;either;soap;flakes;or;shredded;bar;soap.;Detergents;won't;do.;The;gasoline;must;be;heated;in;order;for;the;soap;to;melt.;The;usual;way;is;with;a;double;boiler;where;the;top;part;has;at;least;a;two-quart;capacity.;The;water;in;the;bottom;part;is;brought;to;a;boil;and;the;double;boiler;is;taken;from;the;stove;and;carried;to;where;there;is;no;flame.;Then;one;part,;by;volume,;of;gasoline;is;put;in;the;top;part;and;allowed;to;heat;as;much;as;it;will;and;the;soap;is;added;and;the;mess;is;stirred;until;it;thickens.;A;better;way;to;heat;gasoline;is;to;fill;a;bathtub;with;water;as;hot;as;you;can;get;it.;It;will;hold;its;heat;longer;and;permit;a;much;larger;container;than;will;the;double;boiler.
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+Take;a;deep;breath;through;your;nose;and;hold;it;in;for;a;count;of;8.;Now,;through;your;mouth,;exhale;completely;and;slowly.;Continued;breathing;long,;deep,;breaths;through;your;nose;and;exhaling;through;your;mouth.;;Tense;up;all;your;muscles;very;tight,;now,;counting;from;ten;to;one,;release;them;slowly,;you;will;find;them;very;relaxed.;;Now,;look;at;the;candle,;as;you;look;at;it,;with;every;breath;and;passing;moment,;you;are;feeling;increasingly;more;and;more;peaceful;and;relaxed.;;The;candles;flame;is;peaceful;and;bright.;As;you;look;at;it;I;will;count;from;100;down,;as;a;count,;your;eyes;will;become;more;and;more;relaxed,;getting;more;and;more;tired;with;each;passing;moment.";Now,;count;down;from;100,;about;every;10;numbers;say;"When;I;reach;xx;your;eyes;(or;you;will;find;your;eyes);are;becoming;more;and;more;tired.";;Tell;them;they;may;close;their;eyes;whenever;they;feel;like;it.;;If;the;persons;eyes;are;still;open;when;you;get;to;50;then;instead;of;saying;"your;eyes;will..";Say;"your;eyes;are...".;When;their;eyes;are;shut;say;the;following.;As;you;lie;(or;sit);here;with;your;eyes;comfortably;close;you;find;yourself;relaxing;more;and;more;with;each;moment;and;breath.;The;relaxation;feels;pleasant;and;blissful;so,;you;happily;give;way;to;this;wonderful;feeling.;Imagine;yourself;on;a;cloud,;resting;peacefully,;with;a;slight;breeze;caressing;your;body.;A;tingling;sensation;begins;to;work;its;way,;within;and;without;your;toes,;it;slowly;moves;up;your;feet,;making;them;warm,;heavy;and;relaxed.;The;cloud;is;soft;and;supports;your;body;with;its;soft;texture,;the;scene;is;peaceful;and;absorbing,;the;peacefulness;absorbs;you;completely.;The;tingling;gently;and;slowly;moves;up;your;legs,;relaxing;them.;Making;them;warm;and;heavy.;;The;relaxation;feels;very;good,;it;feels;so;good;to;relax;and;let;go.;As;the;tingling;continues;its;journey;up;into;your;solar;plexus,;you;feel;your;inner;stomach;become;very;relaxed.;Now,;it;moves;slowly;into;your;chest,;making;your;breathing;relaxed;as;well.;The;feeling;begins;to;move;up;your;arms;to;your;shoulders,;making;your;arms;heavy;and;relaxed;as;well.;;You;are;aware;of;the;total;relaxation;you;are;now;experiencing,;and;you;give;way;to;it.;;It;is;good;and;peaceful,;the;tingling;now;moves;into;your;face;and;head,;relaxing;your;jaws,;neck,;and;facial;muscles,;making;your;cares;and;worries;float;away.;Away;into;the;blue;sky;as;you;rest;blissfully;on;the;cloud.;If;they;are;not;responsive;or;you;think;they;(he;or;she);is;going;to;sleep,;then;add;in;a;"...always;concentrating;upon;my;voice,;ignoring;all;other;sounds.;;Even;though;other;sounds;exists,;they;aid;you;in;your;relaxation...";They;should;soon;let;out;a;sigh;as;if;they;were;letting;go,;and;their;face;should;have;a;"woodiness";to;it,;becoming;featureless...;Now,;say;the;following;"...;You;now;find;yourself;in;a;hallway,;the;hallway;is;peaceful;and;nice.;As;I;count;from;10;to;1;you;will;imagine;yourself;walking;further;and;further;down;the;hall.;When;I;reach;one;you;will;find;yourself;where;you;want;to;be,;in;another,;higher;state;of;conscious;and;mind.;(count;from;ten;to;one)...";Do;this;about;three;or;four;times.;Then,;to;test;if;the;subject;is;under;hypnosis;or;not,;say;"...;You;feel;a;strange;sensation;in;your;(arm;they;write;with);arm,;the;feeling;begins;at;your;fingers;and;slowly;moves;up;your;arm,;as;it;moves;through;your;arm;your;arm;becomes;lighter;and;lighter,;it;will;soon;be;so;light;it;will;...;becoming;lighter;and;lighter;which;each;breath;and;moment...";Their;fingers;should;begin;to;twitch;and;then;move;up,;the;arm;following,;now;my;friend,;you;have;him/her;in;hypnosis.;;The;first;time;you;do;this,;while;he/she;is;under;say;good;things,;like:;;"Your;going;to;feel;great;tomorrow";or;"Every;day;in;every;way;you;will;find;yourself;becoming;better;and;better"..;Or;some;crap;like;that...;The;more;they;go;under,;the;deeper;in;hypnosis;they;will;get;each;time;you;do;it.
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+Abluthophobia8: Fear of bathing.

+

+Acarophobia: Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Fear of skin infestation by mites or ticks3

+

+Acerophobia: Fear of sourness3.

+

+Achluophobia: Fear of darkness.

+

+Achluophobia: Fear of the dark or of night3. Synonyms: Nyctophobia, Scotophobia.

+

+Acousticophobia: Fear of noise

+

+Acrophobia: Fear of heights.

+

+Aelurophobia: Fear of cats3. Synonyms: Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Gatophobia.

+

+Aeronausiphobia: Fear of vomiting due to airsickness3.

+

+Aerophobia: Fear of draft. Fear of fresh air3. Fear of flying7. See also: Ancraophobia, Aviatophobia, Aviophobia, Batophobia, Hypsophobia, Hypsiphobia.

+

+Agoraphobia[Web|Book]: Fear of open, public (sometimes crowded) places like markets. See also: Demophobia. 

+Agrizoophobia8: Fear of wild animals.

+

+Agyrophobia: Fear of crossing streets.

+

+Aibohphobia: Fear of palindromes. (from Best tag lines)

+

+Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects.

+See also: Belomophobia, Belonephobia.

+

+Ailurophobia: Fear of cats. Synonyms: Aelurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Gatophobia.

+

+Algophobia: Fear of pain. See also: Odynophobia.

+

+Altophobia: Fear of heights.

+

+Amathophobia: Fear of dust. Synonyms: Koniophobia.

+

+Amaxophobia: Fear of being in or riding in vehicles.

+

+Ambulophobia: Fear of walking.

+

+Ancraophobia: Fear of wind.

+

+Androphobia: Fear of men.

+

+Anginophobia: Fear of narrowness. Fear of quinsy or other forms of sore throat3.

+

+Ankylophobia: Fear of stiff or immobile joints3.

+

+Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers. [Book].

+

+Anthropophobia: Fear of meeting people or society.

+

+Antlophobia: Fear of floods.

+

+Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single.

+

+Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity.

+

+Aphephobia: Fear of touching or being touched4.

+

+Apiophobia: Fear of bees3. Synonyms: Apiphobia.

+

+Apiphobia: Fear of bees. Synonyms: Apiophobia.

+

+Aquaphobia8: Fear of water.

+

+Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

+

+Arachnephobia: Fear of spiders.

+Synonyms: Arachnophobia.

+

+Arachnophobia[Movie]: Fear of spiders.

+Synonyms: Arachnephobia.

+

+Arrhenphobia: Fear of men6.

+

+Asthenophobia: Fear of weakness.

+

+Astraphobia: Fear of lightning. Synonyms: Astrapophobia.

+

+Astrapophobia: Fear of lightning. Synonyms: Astraphobia.

+

+Ataxiophobia: Fear of disorder3. Synonyms: Ataxophobia.

+

+Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder3. Synonyms: Ataxiophobia.

+

+Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection.

+

+Atephobia: Fear of ruin.

+

+Atychiphobia: Fear of failure.

+

+Aulophobia: Fear of flutes.

+

+Aurophobia: Fear of gold.

+

+Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty. See also: Misophobia.

+

+Autophobia: Fear of being alone.

+

+Aviatophobia8: Fear of flying.

+See also: Aerophobia, Ancraophobia, Aviophobia, Batophobia, Hypsophobia, Hypsiphobia.

+

+Aviophobia8: Fear of flying.

+See also: Aerophobia, Ancraophobia, Aviatophobia, Batophobia, Hypsophobia, Hypsiphobia.

+

+

+Bacillophobia: Fear of microbes.

+

+Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria3.

+

+Ballistophobia: Fear of missles or bullets.

+

+Barophobia: Fear of gravity.

+

+Basophobia: Inability to stand. Fear of falling.

+

+Bathmophobia: Fear of walking3.

+

+Bathophobia: Fear of depth.

+

+Batophobia: 1) Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. 2) Fear of walking2.

+

+Batrachophobia: Fear of frogs and toads3. Fear of reptiles7

+

+Belomophobia8: Fear of needles.

+See also: Aichmophobia, Belonephobia.

+

+Belonephobia: Fear of pins and needles. See also: Aichmophobia, Belomophobia.

+

+Bibliophobia: Fear of books2.

+

+Blennophobia: Fear of slime. Synonyms: Myxophobia.

+

+Bogyphobia: Fear of demons and goblins3.

+

+Bromidrosiphobia: Fear of bodily odors.

+

+Brontophobia: Fear of thunder storms.

+See also: Astraphobia, Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia, Tonitrophobia.

+

+

+Cacomorphobia: Fear of fat people5.

+

+Cainophobia: Fear of novelty3.

+

+Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful women.

+

+Cancerophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerphobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinomat`ophobia, Carcinophobia.

+

+Cancerphobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinomatophobia, Carcinophobia.

+

+Carcinomatophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Cancerphobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinophobia.

+

+Carcinomophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Cancerphobia, Carcinomatophobia, Carcinophobia.

+

+Carcinophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Cancerphobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinomatophobia.

+

+Cardiophobia: Fear of heart disease3.

+

+Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed.

+

+Cathisophobia: Fear of sitting.

+

+Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors3.

+

+Celtophobia: Fear of Celts3.

+

+Cenophobia: Fear of empty spaces. Synonyms: Kenophobia.

+

+Ceraunophobia: Fear of thunder3. Fear of thunder and lightning3. Synonyms: Keraunophobia, Tonitrophobia.

+See also: Astraphobia, Brontophobia.

+

+Chaetophobia: Fear of hair. Synonyms: Trichophobia.

+

+Cheimaphobia: Fear of cold. Synonyms: Cheimatophobia. See also: Cryophobia.

+

+Cheimatophobia: Fear of cold. Synonyms: Cheimaphobia. See also: Cryophobia.

+

+Cherophobia: Fear of gaiety. 

+Chinophobia: Fear of snow. 

+Cholerophobia: Fear of cholera3.

+

+Chorophobia8: Fear of dancing.

+

+Chrematophobia: Fear of wealth3.

+

+Chrometophobia: Fear of money.

+

+Chromophobia: Fear of colors.

+

+Chronophobia: Fear of time3.

+

+Cibophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Sitophobia, Sitiophobia. See also: Phagophobia.

+

+Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces.

+

+Cleptophobia: Fear of thieves or loss through thievery3. Synonyms: Kleptophobia.

+

+Climacophobia: Fear of falling downstairs.

+

+Clinophobia: 1) Fear of going to bed. 2) Fear of beds2.

+

+Cnidophobia: Fear of insect stings3.

+

+Coitophobia: Fear of sexual intercourse.

+

+Cometophobia: Fear of comets.

+

+Coprophobia: Fear of feces. [Book].

+

+Cryophobia: Fear of ice or frost. See also: Cheimaphobia.

+

+Crystallophobia: Fear of crystals. Fear of glass3

+

+Cymophobia: Fear of waves.

+

+Cynophobia: Fear of dogs.

+

+Cypridophobia: Fear of veneral disease3.

+

+

+Deipnophobia: Fear of dining and dinner conversations.

+

+Decidophobia : Fear of making decisions7. [Book].

+

+Demonophobia: Fear of spirits or demons.

+

+Demophobia: Fear of crowds. See also: Agoraphobia.

+

+Dentophobia: Fear of dentists.

+

+Dermatophobia: Fear of skin disease3.

+

+Dermatosiophobia: Fear of skin.

+

+Dextrophobia: Fear of objects on the right side of the body3. See also: Levophobia

+

+Dikephobia: Fear of justice.

+

+Dinophobia: Fear of whirlpools3.

+

+Diplopiaphobia: Fear of double vision3.

+

+Dipsophobia: Fear of drinking3.

+

+Domatophobia: Fear of being in a house3.

+

+Doraphobia: Fear of fur. Fear of contact with animal fur or skin3

+

+Dromophobia: Fear of crossing streets.

+

+Dysmorphophobia: Fear of deformity, usually in others3.

+

+Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents.

+

+

+Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church.

+

+Ecophobia: Fear of home. Synonyms: Oecophobia, Oikophobia.

+

+Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors. Fear of looking into mirrors2.

+

+Electrophobia: Fear of electricity.

+

+Eleutherophobia: Fear of freedom.

+

+Elurophobia: Fear of cats3. Synonyms: Ailurophobia, Aelurophobia, Felinophobia, Gatophobia.

+

+Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting3.

+

+Enetophobia: Fear of needles or pins.

+

+Enosiophobia: Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin.

+

+Entomophobia: Fear of insects.

+

+Eosophobia: Fear of dawn

+

+Eremophobia: Fear of lonliness. Fear of being alone7.

+

+Ergasiophobia: 1) Fear of work. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating.

+

+Ergophobia: Fear of work2.

+

+Erotophobia: Fear of sexual love.

+

+Erythrophobia: 1) Fear of red lights. 2) Fear of blushing.

+

+Eurotophobia: Fear of the color red; fear of blushing3.

+

+

+Febriphobia: Fear of fever3.

+

+Felinophobia8: Fear of cats.

+Synonyms: Aelurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Gatophobia.

+

+Frigophobia8: Fear of cold.

+

+

+Galeophobia: Fear of sharks3.

+

+Gallophobia8: Fear of France or the French.

+

+Gametophobia: Fear of marriage3. Synonyms: Gamophobia.

+

+Gamophobia: Fear of marriage. Synonyms: Gametophobia.

+

+Gatophobia7: Fear of cats. Synonyms: Aelurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia.

+

+Genophobia: Fear of sex.

+

+Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing bridges.

+

+Gerascophobia: Fear of growing old.

+

+Geumophobia: Fear of tastes or flavors3.

+

+Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.

+

+Graphophobia: Fear of writing.

+

+Gymnophobia: Fear of nudity. Synonyms: Nudophobia.

+

+Gynephobia: Fear of women. Synonyms: Gynophobia.

+

+Gynophobia: Fear of women3. Synonyms: Gynephobia.

+

+

+Hadeophobia: Fear of hell3. Synonyms: Stygiophobia.

+

+Haemaphobia: Fear of blood3. Synonyms: Haematophobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia.

+

+Haematophobia8: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia.

+

+Hagiophobia: Fear of saints.

+

+Hamartophobia: Fear of sinning.

+

+Haphophobia: Fear of touch. Synonyms: Haptophobia, Thixophobia.

+

+Haptophobia: Fear of touch. Synonyms: Haphophobia, Thixophobia.

+

+Harpaxophobia: Fear of being robbed.

+

+Hedonophobia: Fear of pleasure.

+

+Heliophobia: Fear of the sun. Fear of (or abnormal sensitivity to) sunlight3. Synonyms: Solophobia.

+

+Helminthophobia: Fear of being infested with worms.

+

+Hemaphobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Haematophobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia.

+

+Hematophobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Haematophobia, Hemaphobia, Hemophobia.

+

+Hemophobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Haematophobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia.

+

+Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles.

+

+Hierophobia: Fear of priests. Fear of sacred objects3.

+

+Hippophobia: Fear of horses.

+

+Hodophobia: Fear of road travel.

+

+Homichlophobia: Fear of fog.

+

+Homilophobia: Fear of sermons3.

+

+Homophobia: Fear of sameness, monotony. Fear of homosexuality. [Book].

+

+Hydrophobia: Fear of water. [Book].

+

+Hydrophobophobia: Fear of rabies. See also: Kynophobia.

+

+Hygrophobia: Fear of liquids. Fear of liquids, esp. wine and water3.

+

+Hylephobia: Fear of wood or woods3.

+

+Hypegiaphobia: Fear of responsibility. Synonyms: Hypengyophobia.

+

+Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility. Synonyms: Hypegiaphobia.

+

+Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep.

+

+Hypsiphobia: Fear of high places4. Synonyms: Hypsophobia

+

+Hypsophobia: Fear of high places4. Synonyms: Hypsiphobia

+

+

+Iatrophobia: Fear of going to the doctor.

+

+Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish.

+

+Ideophobia: Fear of ideas.

+

+Iophobia: Fear of poisons3.

+

+Isopterophobia: Fear of termites3.

+

+

+Japanophobia: Fear of Japanese. [Book].

+

+Judeophobia: Fear of Jews. [Book].

+

+

+Kakorrhaphiophobia: Fear of failure or defeat. [How apt it would be to get this word in a spelling contest.]

+

+Katagelophobia: Fear of ridicule3.

+

+Kenophobia: Fear of empty spaces3. Synonyms: Cenophobia.

+

+Kenophobia: Fear of voids.

+

+Keraunophobia: Fear of thunder2. Fear of thunder and lightning3. Synonyms: Ceraunophobia, Tonitrophobia.

+See also: Astraphobia, Brontophobia.

+

+Kinetophobia: Fear of movement or motion.

+

+Kleptophobia: Fear of thieves or loss through thievery3. Synonyms: Cleptophobia.

+

+Koniophobia: Fear of dust. See also: Amathophobia.

+

+Koniophobia: Fear of dust3. Synonyms: Amathophobia.

+

+Kopophobia: Fear of fatigue. Fear of mental or physical examination3.

+

+Kynophobia: Fear of dogs4. 

+Kyphophobia: Fear of stooping2.

+

+

+Laliophobia: Fear of speaking.

+

+Lepraphobia3: Fear of leprosy.

+Synonyms: Leprophobia.

+

+Leprophobia8: Fear of leprosy.

+Synonyms: Lepraphobia.

+

+Levophobia: Fear of objects on the left side of the body3. See also: Dextrophobia.

+

+Ligyrophobia: Fear of loud noises.

+

+Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes.

+

+Limnophobia: Fear of lakes.

+

+Linonophobia: Fear of string.

+

+Logophobia: Fear of words.

+

+Lunaphobia: Fear of the moon3.

+

+Lygophobia: Fear of darkness.

+

+Lyssophobia: Fear of becoming insane.

+

+

+Macrophobia: Fear of long waits.

+

+Maieusiophobia: Fear of childbirth.

+

+Maniaphobia: Fear of insanity.

+

+Mastigophobia: Fear of punishment. Fear of flogging8.

+

+Mechanophobia: Fear of machines or machinery.

+

+Megalophobia: Fear of large things.

+

+Melissophobia: Fear of bees.

+

+Melophobia: Fear of music.

+

+Merinthophobia: Fear of being bound3.

+

+Metallophobia: Fear of metal.

+

+Meteorophobia: Fear of meteors or meteorites3.

+

+Metrophobia: Fear of poetry.

+

+Microbiophobia: Fear of microbes. Synonyms: Microphobia. See also: Bacillophobia.

+

+Microphobia: Fear of microbes3. Synonyms: Microbiophobia. See also: Bacillophobia.

+

+Misanthropy: Hatred of mankind; pessimistic distrust of human nature expressed in thought and behaviour. [Book].

+

+Misogynism: Hatred of females3. Synonyms: Misogyny.

+

+Misogyny: Hatred of females3. Synonyms: Misogynism.

+

+Misophobia: Fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt. [Book]. See also: Automysophobia, Rhypophobia.

+

+Misosophy: Hatred of wisdom3.

+

+Molysomophobia: Fear of dirt or contamination. Fear of infection3.

+

+Monopathophobia: Fear of sickness in a specific part of the body

+

+Monophobia: Fear of being alone. Fear of one thing3.

+

+Musicophobia: Fear of music3.

+

+Musophobia: Fear of mice.

+

+Mycrophobia: Fear of small things.

+

+Mysophobia: Fear of dirt or contamination.

+

+Mythophobia: Fear of making false statements3.

+

+Myxophobia: Fear of slime. See also: Blennophobia.

+

+Myxophobia: Fear of slime3. Synonyms: Blennophobia.

+

+

+Nebulaphobia: Fear of fog. See also: Homichlophobia.

+

+Necrophobia: Fear of dead things. Fear of death3.

+

+Neophobia: Fear of anything new.

+

+Nephophobia: Fear of clouds.

+

+Noctiphobia: Fear of the night.

+

+Nosophobia: Fear of becoming ill.

+

+Novercaphobia: Fear of your mother-in-law.

+

+Nudophobia: Fear of nudity3. Synonyms: Gymnophobia.

+

+Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark or of night. Synonyms: Achluophobia, Scotophobia.

+

+

+Ochlophobia: Fear of crowds or mobs.

+

+Ochophobia: Fear of vehicles.

+

+Odontophobia: Fear of teeth.

+

+Odynophobia: Fear of pain. See also: Algophobia.

+

+Oecophobia: Fear of home3. Synonyms: Ecophobia, Oikophobia.

+

+Oenophobia: Fear of wine3. Synonyms: Oinophobia.

+

+Oikophobia: Fear of home3. Synonyms: Ecophobia, Oecophobia.

+

+Oinophobia: Fear of wine3. Synonyms: Oenophobia.

+

+Olfactophobia: Fear of smells. See also: Geumophobia.

+

+Ombrophobia: Fear of rain or of being rained on.

+

+Ommetaphobia: Fear of eyes.

+

+Onomatophobia: Fear of hearing a certain word or words, or name or names.

+

+

+Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes3. See also: Herpetophobia.

+

+Ophthalmophobia: Fear of being stared at.

+

+Ornithophobia: Fear of birds.

+

+Orthophobia: Fear of property.

+

+Osmophobia: Fear of smells.

+

+

+Panphobia: Fear of everything. A nonspecific fear; A state of general anxiety3. Synonyms: Pantophobia.

+

+Panthophobia: Fear of suffering and disease.

+

+Pantophobia: Fear of everything. A nonspecific fear; A state of general anxiety3. Synonyms: Panphobia.

+

+Papaphobia: Fear of the Pope.

+

+Paralipophobia: Fear of responsibility. Fear of neglect of responsibility3.

+

+Paraphobia: Fear of sexual perversion3.

+

+Parasitophobia: Fear of parasites3.

+

+Parthenophobia: Fear of virgins or young girls.

+

+Pathophobia: Fear of disease3.

+

+Peccatophobia: Fear of sinning.

+

+Pediculophobia: Fear of lice.

+

+Pediaphobia8: Fear of children.

+Synonyms: Pedophobia.

+

+Pedophobia: Fear of children.

+Synonyms: Pediaphobia.

+

+Peladophobia: Fear of baldness3.

+

+Peniaphobia: Fear of poverty.

+

+Peniaphobia: Fear of poverty.

+

+Pentheraphobia: Fear of mother-in-law. See also Novercaphobia.

+

+Phagophobia: Fear of swallowing. Fear of eating3.

+

+Pharmacophobia: Fear of drugs.

+Synonyms: Pharmcophobia.

+

+Pharmcophobia8: Fear of drugs.

+Synonyms: Pharmacophobia.

+

+Phasmophobia: Fear of ghosts.

+

+Phenogophobia: Fear of daylight3.

+

+Philophobia: Fear of falling in love or being in love.

+

+Philosophobia: Fear of philosophy.

+

+Phobophobia: Fear of phobias. [Book].

+

+Phonemophobia: Fear of thinking3.

+

+Phonophobia: Fear of noises or voices.

+

+Photalgiophobia: Fear of photalgin, pain in the eyes caused by light3.

+

+Photophobia: Fear of light. Fear of (strong) light8.

+

+Phthiriophobia: Fear of lice. See also: Pediculophobia

+

+Placophobia: Fear of tombstones.

+

+Pluviophobia: Fear of rain or of being rained on.

+

+Pneumatophobia: Fear of spirits or noncorporeal beings.

+

+Pnigerophobia: Fear of choking3. Fear of smothering7.

+

+Pnigophobia: Fear of choking.

+

+Pogonophobia: Fear of beards.

+

+Poinephobia: Fear of punishment.

+

+Politicophobia: Fear of politicians.

+

+Polyphobia: Fear of many things3.

+

+Ponophobia: Fearear of overworking. Fear of fatigue, esp. thru overworking3.

+

+Potamophobia: Fear of rivers.

+

+Potophobia: Fear of alcohol or acoholic beverages.

+

+Prosophobia: Fear of progress.

+

+Psellismophobia: Fear of stuttering.

+

+Psychophobia: Fear of the cold3. See also: Cheimaphobia.

+

+Psychophobia: Fear of the mind3.

+

+Pteronophobia: Fear of being tickled by feathers. Fear of feathers3.

+

+Pyrexiophobia: Fear of fever3. See also: Thermophobia.

+

+Pyrophobia: Fear of fire.

+

+

+Rectophobia: Fear of rectum.

+

+Rhabdophobia: Fear of magic. Fear of being eaten3.

+

+Rhypophobia: Fear of filth3.

+

+Rhytiphobia: Fear of getting wrinkles.

+

+Russophobia: Fear of Russians. [Book].

+

+

+Satanophobia: Fear of Satan.

+

+Scholionophobia7: Fear of school. Synonyms: Scolionophobia.

+

+Sciophobia: Fear of shadows.

+

+Scoleciphobia: Fear of worms3. See also: Helminthophobia.

+

+Scolionophobia: Fear of school6. Synonyms: Scholionophobia.

+

+Scopophobia: Fear of being seen or looked at.

+

+Scotophobia: Fear of darkness. See also: Achluophobia.

+

+Scotophobia: Fear of the dark or of night3. Synonyms: Nyctophobia, Achluophobia.

+

+Selaphobia: Fear of light flashes.

+

+Septophobia: Fear of decaying matter.

+

+Siderodromophobia: Fear of train travel.

+

+Siderophobia: Fear of stars.

+

+Sinophobia: Fear of Chinese.

+

+Sitiophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Cibophobia, Sitophobia. See also: Phagophobia.

+

+Sitiophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Sitophobia. See also: Cibophobia.

+

+Sitophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Cibophobia, Sitiophobia. See also: Phagophobia.

+

+Sitophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Sitiophobia. See also: Cibophobia.

+

+Soceraphobia: Fear of parents-in-law.

+

+Solophobia: Fear of the sun3. Fear of (or abnormal sensitivity to) sunlight3. Synonyms: Heliophobia.

+

+Sophophobia: Fear of learning.

+

+Specrophobia: Fear of specters or phantoms3. See also: Phasmophobia, Pneumatophobia.

+

+Spectrophobia: Fear of looking in a mirror.

+

+Spermatophobia: Fear of germs. Synonyms: Spermophobia.

+

+Spermophobia: Fear of germs. Synonyms: Spermatophobia.

+

+Spheksophobia : Fear of wasps7.

+

+Stasibasiphobia: Fear of standing or walking. Conviction that one cannot stand or walk3. See also: Ambulophobia.

+

+Staurophobia: Fear of crosses or the crucifix.

+

+Stenophobia: Fear of narrow things or places.

+

+Stygiophobia: Fear of hell.

+

+Stygiophobia: Fear of hell3. Synonyms: Hadeophobia.

+

+Symmetrophobia: Fear of symmetry.

+

+Syngenesophobia: Fear of relatives.

+

+

+Tabophobia: Fear of a wasting sickness3.

+

+Tachophobia: Fear of speed.

+

+Taphephobia: Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.

+Synonyms: Taphophobia.

+

+Taphophobia8: Fear of graves or being buried alive.

+Synonyms: Taphephobia.

+

+Tapinophobia: Fear of being contagious. Fear of small things3.

+

+Taurophobia: Fear of bulls.

+

+Technophobia: Fear of arts and crafts. Fear of technology7. [Book].

+

+Teleophobia: 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Fear of religious ceremony.

+

+Telephonophobia: Fear of telephones.

+

+Teratophobia: Fear of monsters. Fear of bearing a deformed child.

+

+Terdekaphobia8: Fear of the number 13.

+Synonyms: Triskadekaphobia.

+

+Teutophobia: Fear of German or German things.

+

+Thaasophobia: Fear of being idle3.

+

+Thalassophobia: Fear of the sea.

+

+Thanatophobia: Fear of death or dying.

+

+Theatrophobia: Fear of theatres3.

+

+Theologicophobia: Fear of theology.

+

+Theophobia: Fear of gods or religion.

+

+Thermophobia: Fear of heat.

+

+Thixophobia: Fear of touch. Synonyms: Haptophobia, Haphophobia.

+

+Thixophobia: Fear of touching2.

+

+Tocophobia: Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Synonyms: Tokophobia.

+

+Tokophobia: Fear of pregnancy or childbirth3. Synonyms: Tocophobia.

+

+Tomophobia: Fear of surgical operations3.

+

+Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder.

+Synonyms: Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia. See also: Astraphobia, Brontophobia, 

+Topophobia: Fear of certain places. Fear of performing ("Stage Fright")7.

+

+Toxicophobia: Fear of poison. Synonyms: Toxiphobia, Toxophobia.

+

+Toxiphobia: Fear of poison. Synonyms: Toxophobia, Toxicophobia.

+

+Toxophobia: Fear of poison. Synonyms: Toxiphobia, Toxicophobia.

+

+Traumatophobia: Fear of injury. Fear of war3.

+

+Tremophobia: Fear of trembling3.

+

+Trichophobia: Fear of hair3. Synonyms: Chaetophobia.

+

+Triskadekaphobia: Fear of the number 13.

+Synonyms: Terdekaphobia, 

+Tropophobia: Fear of making changes.

+

+Tyrannophobia: Fear of tyrants.

+

+

+Uranophobia: Fear of heaven.

+

+Urophobia: Fear of urine.

+

+

+Vaccinophobia: Fear of vaccines and vaccination3.

+

+Venereophobia: Fear of venereal disease3.

+

+Verbophobia: Fear of words.

+

+Vermiphobia: Fear of (earth, not intestinal) worms3. See also: Helminthophobia.

+

+Vestiophobia: Fear of clothing2.

+

+Vitricophobia: Fear of one's step-father.

+

+

+Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

+

+Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners, or anything foreign. [Book].

+

+Xerophobia: Fear of dryness and dry places, esp. deserts3.

+

+Xylophobia: Fear of wooden objects or forests.

+

+

+Zelophobia: Fear of jealousy3.

+

+Zoophobia: Fear of animals3.

+

+Personage " Matter of concern and interest " To there is a feeling of 7 things inside the WordNet. 1. In with matters of concern and interest and relation -- (matters of concern and interest who or in silence regarding feeling of curiosity; " Inside music matter of concern and interest " ) 2. Matter of concern and interest, is and compared to the r crooked ting ness -- (the excitation etc. which is special. ) (The chisel of self it will catch because of convenience force matter of concern and interest; " Them anything of company one matter of concern and interest " It did not talk,; " In primary color room matter of concern and interest " It will can add) 3. It will respect, matter of concern and interest -- (the silence which it carries through well it will split and it wants hazard reason; " You it respects hazard " ; " His country hazard " It died,; " Inside matter of concern and interest of immediacy " ; " Inside common interest " ) 4. It borrows the matter of concern and interest -- (money hazard fixed charge; The total which borrows hun it does, percentage; " Ul E matter of concern and interest you in your mortgage? " It pays to peel) 5. The diversion which occupies the hour and a thought of past, matter of concern and interest and tracking -- (self (hun it does and Yoo divination sign it does); " In navigation her mind field past " Is,; " The past which him is important " It is gambling,; " He his interest work hereupon reading " It counts,; " Them tracking which him is limited the hazard boy " It criticized) 6. Matter of concern and interest and picket -- ((law) silence the right side legal share; In silence public finance relation; " Them matter of concern and interest in the whole world " It is,; " Inside company future picket " ) 7. Matter of concern and interest, interest group -- ((hun it does and the condensed water) there is general aiming where his member controls the what kind of field of activity, the social group; " Season the production which it builds " Interest it is a chisel n) By the frequency which hazard is estimated the search the synonym which is ordered the duration Hypernyms when it cooperates (matter of concern and interest type... Is) the Hyponyms (... Is the type of matter of concern and interest), enemy bedspread Hyponyms (... Type of matter of concern and interest is), the Holonyms which is succeeded enough (the matter of concern and interest portion... Is) the Derivationally the attribute which relates the shape (... Is the value of matter of concern and interest) help at show lustered show context of territory intimate feeling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freezing to death " Matter of concern and interest " To there is a feeling of 3 things inside the WordNet. 1. Matter of concern and interest -- (curiosity be excited; Engage the matter of concern and interest) 2. The matter of concern and interest and matter of concern and interest occupy, be to -- (minds which are in agony; " Me regarding a 2nd German consonant " It is in agony) to 3., -- (importance or the result which is important be a matter of concern and interest; " This in me! " It is important) By the frequency which hazard is estimated the search by the synonym similarity which is ordered will make the group synonym antonym the duration Hypernyms when it cooperates (the matter of concern and interest one sided transit... Is) the Troponyms (interest the chisel the method which is special) the Derivationally help at show lustered show context of the elder brother structure intimate feeling which relates the shape In family WordNet returning

+

+What is?

+This question defines the domain of ontology. We believe that the fundamental stuff of being, the essence of the universe, consists of elementary processes or actions, rather than matter, energy or ideas. Complex organizations, such as atoms, molecules, space and time, living beings, minds and societies emerge out of these actions through the process of evolution.

+

+Why is there something rather than nothing?

+The universe arose spontaneously, through self-organizing evolution, based on the self-evident principles of variation and natural selection. Any possible variation (for example a "quantum fluctuation of the vacum") would be sufficient to set the self-organizing process in motion, thus generating a complex universe with its diverse components and structures. 

+

+Why is the world the way it is? 

+The specific state of the universe or the world in which we live is partially a historical accident, since evolution is an indeterministic process, partially the result of a lawful process of self-organization, which leads predictably to higher levels of organization through the mechanism of metasystem transition.

+

+Where does it all come from?

+We can reconstruct in some detail the subsequent stages in the evolution of the universe, leading from the Big Bang, elementary particles, atoms and molecules to living cells, multicellular organisms, animals, people and society. Thus the history of evolution, conceived as a sequence of metasystem transitions, tells us how and in which order all the different types of phenomena we see around us have arisen.

+

+Where do we come from? 

+Humans evolved out of animals that had the capacity to learn associations from the environment, by additionally acquiring the capacity to think, that is, autonomously control these associations. Human thought is rooted in the emergence of symbolic language.

+

+Who are we? 

+As far as we know, humans occupy the provisionally most advanced level in the hierarchy of metasystems. Our capacity for thought distinguishes us from the animals by giving us uniquely human characteristics, such as self-consciousness, tool making, imagination, planning, play, sense of humor and esthetic feelings.

+

+Where are we going to? 

+The theory of metasystem transitions helps us to extrapolate present, on-going progress into the future. Recent developments point to a new metasystem transition which will bring us to a yet higher level of complexity or consciousness, transcending individual thought. This emergent level is perhaps best described by the metaphor of the social superorganism and its global brain.

+

+What is the purpose of it all?

+Evolution does not have a purpose, in the sense of a fixed goal to which it is advancing. However, although evolution is largely unpredictable, it is not random either. Selection can be seen as having the implicit goal of maximizing survivability or fitness. This implies a preferred direction of evolution, which is in practice characterized by increasing complexity, adaptivity and intelligence. 

+

+Is there a God?

+Since the mechanisms of self-organizing evolution satisfactorily explain the origin and development of the universe, and our place in it, there is no need to postulate a personal God, in the sense of a conscious entity outside of the universe which created that universe. But since in our ontology every action is assigned to, or labelled by, an agent, it is possible to define God as the agent of the Big Bang. Similarly, it is possible to consider the universe as a whole, or the process of evolution itself, as God-like, in the spirit of pantheism.

+

+What is good and what is evil?

+The evolutionary mechanism of natural selection makes an implicit distinction between "good" or "fit" situations (those which survive in the long term), and "bad" or "unfit" ones (those which are eliminated sooner or later). Therefore, we might equate good or higher values with anything that contributes to survival and the continuation of the process of evolution, and evil with anything that destroys, kills or thwarts the development of fit systems.

+

+What is knowledge? 

+This question defines the domain of epistemology. Knowledge is the existence in a cybernetic system of a model, which allows that system to make predictions, that is, to anticipate processes in its environment. Thus, the system gets control over its environment. Such a model is a personal construction, not an objective reflection of outside reality.

+

+What is truth?

+There are no absolute truths. The truth of a theory is merely its power to produce predictions that are confirmed by observations. However, different theories can produce similar predictions without one of them being right and the other wrong. "True" knowledge is the one that best survives the natural selection for predictive power.

+

+What is consciousness?

+Even the most primitive cybernetic agent must be able to sense its environment in order to reach its goals. More complex agents can integrate different sensations into a global awareness of their situation, and use subsequent experiences to learn and improve their mental functioning. Only people are moreover conscious of their own experiences, and thus able to control them. Such consciousness is an eminently subjective relation between the agent and the relevant internal and external aspects of its situation. It is not some mysterious kind of substance or fluid, and there is no intrinsically "hard" problem of consciousness.

+

+Do we have a "free will"?

+The unpredictability implied by quantum mechanics has done away with the Newtonian world view, in which all future events are predetermined. In our evolutionary worldview, there always is a choice: a variety of possibilities, some of which are retained by selection. The defining characteristic of a cybernetic agent is some degree of control over that selection. Because of their capacity for thought, people, moreover, are not only free to choose between given possibilities, but able to conceive novel possibilities and explore their consequences.

+

+How should we act?

+Effective action is based on a clear sense of goals or values, and a good model of the environment in which you try to reach these goals. By applying problem-solving methods, you can explore the possible situations in your model to find the most efficient path from your present situation to your goal. You can then try out this action plan in practice, taking into account the feedback you get in order to correct your course.

+

+How can we be happy?

+People are happy when they are "in control", that is, feel competent to satisfy their needs and reach their goals. Happiness is most common in societies which provide sufficient wealth, health care, education, personal freedom and equality. Happy people tend to be self-confident, open to experience and have good personal relations. Promoting these social and personal values should increase our overall quality of life.

+

+Why cannot we live forever?

+Evolution has predisposed us to age and die because fitness is achieved more easily by fast reproduction than by long life. Aging is the result of a variety of deterioration processes. Therefore, it is unlikely that we will achieve biological immortality in the near future, in spite of a constantly increasing life span. However, we can still aim for cybernetic immortality: survival of our mental organization, rather than our material body.

+

+What is the meaning of life?

+This question in a sense summarizes all previous questions. It is usually understood as: "What are the highest values, the Supreme Goals which I should try to achieve?". We stress that every human being must freely set those goals for himself or herself. The supreme goal which we choose derives logically from our cybernetic world view: to make a constructive contribution to the evolution of humanity, in order to maximize our long-term chances of survival (immortality). In essence, the meaning of life is to increase evolutionary fitness. 

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+Accident prone: In personal ads, usually means pissing and/or shitting while still clothed. 

+Acomoclitic: preference for hairless genitals 

+Acousticophilia: arousal from sounds 

+Adult babies: preference for dressing up in infants' clothing, including diapers, and being treated as such. 

+Adultery: having sex outside a marriage 

+Agoraphilia: arousal from open spaces or having sex in public 

+Altocalciphilia: high heel fetish 

+Amaurophilia: preference for a blind or blindfolded sex partner 

+Ambisexual: bi-sexual 

+Amomaxia: sex in a parked car 

+Amychesis: act of scratching partner during sexual passion 

+Anilingus: rimming or penetration of anus with tongue 

+Animal training: AT. Games in which one or more partners, usually the bottom, takes on the role of an animal, usually a dog, and wears a collar & leash. 

+Androgyny: having both male & female characteristics 

+Androminetophilia: arousal from female partner who dresses like male 

+Androsodomy: anal sex with a male partner 

+Anomeatia: anal sex with a female partner 

+Anophilemia: kissing anus 

+Aphrodisiacs: drugs stimulating a sexual response 

+Arsometry: anal sex 

+Ass to mouth: penis or other object taken from ass and inserted in mouth 

+Autofellatio: ability of male to put his penis in his own mouth. 

+Autopederasty: person inserting their own penis into their anus 

+B 

+Balls: male testes 

+Barosmia: arousal from smell 

+Bath house: commercial baths, some of which allow sex on premises 

+BDSM: Bondage and Discipline, Sadism and Masochism 

+Bear: in gay community, usually a large, bearded, beefy man, with substantial body hair. 

+Beaver: female genitalia

+Bestiality: zoophilia; sex with animals 

+Bi-Sexuality: people with sexual attraction for both sexes 

+Bigynist: sex between one male and two females 

+Bivirist: sex between one female and two males 

+Blow job: fellatio 

+Blueballs:.having an erection for a long time without ejaculating; causing a paiful feeling. 

+Bondage: physical or mental restriction of partner 

+Boner: erection 

+Bordellos: houses of prostitution 

+Bottom: passive partner during sex, or masochist, slave, submissive 

+Bouginonia: female masturbation from the use of dildos or objects that stretch open the vagina 

+Brachioprotic eroticism: a deep form of fisting where the arm enters the anus 

+Bradycubia: slow movement during penetration 

+Buggery: anal sex 

+Bukkake: In porn movies, where many men ejaculate on the face of an actress 

+Bunghole: anal opening 

+Butch: masculine appearance and behaviors.Often used to describe gay men and women. 

+Butt plugs: anal inserts, usually made of rubber, with flared base to stay put. 

+C 

+Cameltoes: the outline of a female's pussy crack, as seen through thin or clingy fabric 

+Candaulism: spouse who watches partner having sex with other 

+Caning: whipping with a switch or cane to discipline partner 

+Castration: removal of the scrotum, testicles, or penis 

+Cat Fighting: women fighting without rules and often tearing of clothing and hair pulling. 

+Catatasis: stretching of the penis 

+Celibacy: abstinence from sex 

+Chastity: sexual abstinence 

+Chastity Belts: leather or metal belts used to prevent genital penetration 

+Chezolagnia: masturbating while defecating 

+Chrematistophilia: person aroused by having sex partner steal from them 

+Chubby Chasers: people who are aroused by obesity in partner 

+Circumcision: the removal of foreskin on genitals 

+Clamps: metal, plastic, or wood fasteners used on nipples or genitals 

+Clitoris: the female sexual organ located at the top front of the vulva that, when stimulated, becomes hard and can produce an orgasm 

+Cock Rings: rings placed around the base of the male genitals to maintain erections. 

+Cock Sock: device used on penis as barrier, in mainstream. 

+Cocktails: drinking of body secretions from a glass 

+Coitus: sexual penetration. 

+Condoms: latex or animal intestine used to guard against contact with partner's genitals 

+Computer sex: the use of computers for sex games, communication, and erotic photography 

+Coprolalia: arousal from using obscene language or writing 

+Coprophagy: the consumption of feces 

+Coprophilia: arousal from playing with feces, a.k.a. scat 

+Coprography: writing obscene words or phrases, usually in public toilets 

+Cream pie: in porn, close-up of cum dripping out of vagina. 

+Cross dressing: a person who enjoys wearing the apparel of the opposite sex 

+Crurofact: leg fetish 

+Cub: term used for a young and submissive man who seeks the company of bears. 

+Cum: v. to orgasm n.substance one dispels during orgasm; jizz, spunk, splooge 

+Cunnilingus: oral sex on a woman 

+Cunt: harsh term used to refer to the vagina. 

+Cynophilia: arousal from sex with dogs 

+D 

+Defilement: arousal from partner or self becoming dirty or wet 

+Dental dam: a safe sex barrier, a flat sheet of of latex, used when performing cunnilingus or anilingus.. 

+Dermagraphism: marks left on the skin of a partner by biting, scratching or sucking 

+Dermaphilia: doraphilia; sexual stimulus from skin 

+Deviance: paraphilia; practice that deviates from the majority of society 

+Dildonics: specially wired sextoys for remote-controlled computer internet games 

+Dildos device, usually made of rubber or plastic resembling penis, used for genital penetration 

+Discipline: punishment and control of a partner in sex play 

+Doggie style: intercourse where the man enters the woman's vagina from her back side. 

+Dogging: couples who engage in sex in their car while others watch from outside 

+Dominance/Submission: power exchange between partners 

+Dominatrix: a dominant person in a bondage or S&M relationship, usually female. 

+Dong: same as dildo

+Double Anal: DA, two dicks in one ass at the same time. 

+Double Penetration :DP, act involving female with penis in each oriface simultaneously. 

+Double Vaginal: DV, two penises in one vagina simultaneously 

+Douches: rinsing out the anus or vagina with liquids 

+Drag queens: men who dress in female attire 

+Dyke: lesbian, usually one who exibits male characteristics 

+E 

+Ejaculation:when a man expels semen from the penis during an orgasm 

+Emetophilia: Roman shower; arousal from vomit 

+Enema: the insertion and expulsion of fluids into the anus 

+Eproctophilia: arousal from flatulence 

+Erectile dysfunction: ED. the inability to get or sustain an erection 

+Erotica: sexual literature and photos 

+Exhibitionism: exposing body to inappropriate and nonconsenting people for arousal 

+F 

+Facial: when a man ejaculates on someone's face, usually a female 

+Felching: sucking semen out of vagina or anus with a straw. 

+Fellatio: oral sex on a male 

+Female impersonators: men who dress in women's clothing, often for pay 

+Femme: traditional feminine appearance, attributes and behavior, opposite of butch 

+Fetishes:The best known object fetishes are for items of clothing, especially those made out of particular materials like fur, leather and rubber, and boots and shoes. 

+Fisting: FF: inserting a fist or hand into the vagina or anus 

+Flagellation: striking a person with an object 

+Fluffer: person responsible for getting talent aroused on a porn set. 

+Foot fetish: podophilia 

+Foot job: rubbing feet on the penis, usually until orgasm. 

+Frottage: rubbing body against partner or object for arousal 

+G 

+Gang Bangs: sex with a series of waiting partners 

+Gay: person who prefers same sex lover 

+Glory holes: a hole in a partition that allows a person on the other side to have their penis sucked anonymously. 

+Golden enemas and Douches: urine deposited into anus or vagina 

+Golden showers: GS: urinating onto a partner's body 

+Gonads: testicles 

+Gonzo: founder of gonzo is John "Buttman" Stagliano. His wife Tricia Devereaux was kind enough to give us THE definition: 

+"Gonzo can take on several different forms. It can vary from the cameraman (in adult, very often the director) interviewing the actors, or participating in the scene with dialogue and/or sex. It can also mean that the actors are simply acknowledging the fact that there is a camera shooting what they are doing. So, although in adult gonzo, the cameraman is usually somehow visible or audible, simply the actors playing to the camera constitutes a gonzo scene." 

+G-spot: an area in the upper wall of the vagina, especially pleasurable when stimulated. 

+Granny porn: movies depicting older women having sex. 

+Group Sex: sex with more than one partner or in close proximity of others 

+Groupies: erotomania; people who are devoted to or who follow celebrities 

+Gynonudomanic: compulsion to rip clothes off others 

+H 

+Half-and-half: when a prostitute performs fellatio and sexual intercourse in a single sex session. 

+Hanky Codes: color codes to identify sexual preferences within leather, or BDSM community. 

+Black: Paingames, Whipping/ Dark Blue: Fucking/ Brown: Shit/ Grey: Bondage/ Red: Fisting/ White: Wanking/ Yellow: Piss Which pocket is also important ie: left = top, right = bottom 

+Hedonism: act of indulging in pleasure 

+Hermaphrodite: person who has both part female and male genitalia 

+Heterophilia: arousal from members of the opposite sex 

+Homewrecker: person partly responsible for the breakup of a couple due to dating one of the partners. 

+Homophobia: fear of same gender sex partner 

+Homosexuality: arousal by partners of the same sex 

+Hummer: fellatio

+Hunk: muscular, macho type of man 

+Hustler: a prostitute, especially a male. 

+I 

+Impotence: the inability to achieve an erection, see ED 

+Incest: sex with close family member 

+Inflatable dolls: plastic dolls that are designed for genital or oral penetration. 

+Incubus: a spirit who was thought to lie on top of women and have sex while they slept 

+J 

+Jack off: to masturbate, jerk-off, usually men. 

+K 

+Kegel exercises: exercise of the pelvic muscles that control urine flow. 

+Klismaphilia: arousal from enemas 

+L 

+Lactaphilia: arousal from lactating breasts 

+Lap dancing: squatting above a sitting person and rubbing against them to create arousal without touching genitals 

+Latex: rubber items of clothing worn by people with this fetish 

+Lesbian: woman who prefers female lover 

+Lipstick lesbian: a lesbian who displays "traditional" feminine dress & behavior. 

+Lubricant: slippery substance used to make sex more comfortable and pleasurable 

+M 

+Masochism: ability to transfer emotions caused by pain to erotic feelings. 

+Massage Parlors: a business establishment that specializes in sex for pay. 

+Masturbation: self manipulation of genitals. 

+Menage a trois: a couple having sex with a third party, or 3-way. 

+Misogynist: a man who hates women 

+Missionary position: "traditional" sexual position , where the woman lies on her back with her legs spread and the man mounts her with his arms supporting his weight. 

+Mistress: a dominant woman in a BDSM relationship, dominatrix. 

+Money shot: cum shot in a porn film when the man ejaculates, usually onto the partner's body or face. 

+Multiple orgasm: more than one orgasm in a single sex session, especially in rapid succession 

+Mysophilia: arousal from soiled clothing or foul odors. 

+N 

+Nasolingus: arousal from sucking nose of partner 

+Necrophilia: sex with corpses 

+Nocturnal emission: when a man has an erotic dream and ejaculates in his sleep. A wet dream. 

+Nooner: a sexual encounter during the lunchtime hour 

+Nymphomania: uncontrollable desire of woman for sex. 

+O 

+Ondinisme: arousal from urine 

+Ophidiophilia: arousal from snakes 

+Oral sex: contact between the mouth and genitals; use of the mouth in sex play 

+Orgasms: climax of sexual excitement, throbbing release. 

+Orgies: group sex, usually involving 3 or more couples. 

+P 

+Pederasty: anal sex 

+Penis pump: cylinder put over the penis & pumped with air, creating a vacuum and expanding penis. 

+Perversion: sexual acts that differ from the majority 

+Pheromones: natural chemicals or hormones, said to induce sexual response 

+Phone Sex: verbal sex between partners on a phone, often with each masturbating. 

+Piercing: inserting needles into skin for arousal 

+Pimps: procurer for sexual partners that pay. 

+Piss: fascination with urine is fairly common, and is sometimes referred to as golden showers (GS), water sports (WS) Someone who likes drinking piss might describe themselves as thirsty 

+Piston shot: used in porn industry to describe close-up of penis pounding pussy. 

+Pocket pal: a sex toy shaped to resemble a vagina. 

+Podophilia: arousal from feet 

+Pompoir: vaginal muscle control that masturbates penis. 

+Poppers: slang term for various substances known as nitrites, whose vapors, when inhaled, cause rapid but temporary enlargement of the blood vessels, and 'head rush'. 

+Pornography: depictions of sex that are considered unacceptable by one's society. 

+Pre-cum: small amount of clear fluid sometimes emitted by the penis during sexual arousal/stimulation but before orgasm. 

+Premature ejaculation: too quickly acheived orgasm 

+Priapism: medical condition characterized by a painful erection that won't go down. 

+Pudendum, pudenda: a woman's external genitals 

+Pussy: female genitalia 

+Q 

+Queef: to fart with the vagina, pussy farts 

+Queening: when woman sits on a person's face and forces her cunt into their mouth and nose 

+Queer: gay or lesbian 

+R 

+Raw: sex without a condom, bareback 

+Renifleur: person aroused by smell of urine or by sniffing underwear 

+Retifism: the fetish for boots or shoes, is fairly common and is clearly linked to domination and power. May be linked to other clothing fetishes. 

+Reverse Cowgirl: sexual position where female sits on male's lap, with back to him. 

+Rimming: licking of anus with tongue 

+Ringing: insertion of permanent jewelry into a body piercing 

+Roman Showers: vomiting on partner, usually after drinking urine. 

+S 

+Sacofricosis: cutting a hole in pant pocket to facilitate masturbation in public. 

+Sadism: empowerment and arousal derived from injuring others 

+Scat: arousal from using feces in sex play 

+Scrotum: male testes 

+She-male: male who dresses and/or has hormone treatments to appear female, but still has dick. 

+Showers: depositing body fluids onto a partner's body 

+Sixty-nine (69): oral sex performed by two people on each other simultaneously. 

+Skank: though personal tastes vary, it is generally agreed that a female who has multiple tattoos and/or piercings, heavy makeup, fake tits, a hardened look, etc. can constitute a skank. Her body of work can also be a factor. 

+Smegma: secretions from gland under foreskin of penis or clitoris 

+Sniffer's row: the row of seats nearest the stage in a strip club 

+Snowball: after a man ejaculates in someone's mouth, passing the semen back and forth between partners 

+Sodomy: oral or anal intercourse involving penetration with male, female, or animal 

+Spanking: using hand to slap partner's buttocks for sensory enhancement and arousal 

+Spanking the monkey: male masturbation. 

+Splooge: semen 

+Strap-on: belted harness with artificial penis or dildo attached. 

+Stunt dick: male hired on porn shoot strictly for dick work or the money shot. 

+Succubus: a female spirit who was thought to lie under men, have sex with them while they slept 

+Submission: surrender to and trust of a partner. 

+Suitcase Pimp: popularized by Quasarman, term used to describe the unemployable, parasitic husbands or boyfriends of female porn stars. 

+Swinging: group sex or wife swapping 

+Swing: a sling-like object that allows a person to be suspended and move back and forth 

+Sybian: a vibrating dildo that sits on top of an object that resembles a saddle 

+T 

+Tea room: a public toilet where gay men often have sex. 

+Top: term for active partner who usually does the fucking during sex. Opposite of 'bottom'. 

+Transgender: one who lives as the opposite sex, not necessarily having undergone surgery and/or hormone treatments to make oneself appear like the opposite sex. 

+Transsexual: person who has undergone process of physically changing sexes 

+Transvestite: person who is aroused by crossdressing 

+Twink: youngish, smooth bodied male, preferred by 'hunks' in gay community. 

+Tyler: the act of placing one's foot into another's anus, named for porn mistress Tina Tyler. 

+U 

+Uncut: uncircumcised 

+Upskirt: picture or video taken surreptitiously, that shows the view up the skirt of a woman. 

+V 

+Vanilla: non-kinky, "traditional" sex, usually between men and women 

+Vibrators: sex toys or tools that vibrate and are used to stimulate genitals. 

+Vominatrix: a dominatrix who specializes in making her clients vomit. 

+Voyeurism: arousal by watching others without their consent 

+Vulva: the external part of a woman's genitals, including the labia and clitoris. 

+W 

+Wanking: male masturbation, originating in UK. 

+Water sports: WS: the use of urine or enema in sexplay. 

+Wood: an erect penis 

+Y 

+Yearming: sucking semen out of an oriface thru a straw, see also 'felching'. 

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+Angry Dragon

+Right after she is done sucking your cock, smack the back of her head and make it come out her nose. When she gets up she'll look like an angry dragon.

+

+

+Arabian Goggles

+A "seldom-seen" maneuver when you put your testicles over her eye sockets while she is cock sucking. (Picture it: ass on forehead) It may be anatomically impossible, but what the fuck else is new.

+

+

+The Bait N' Tackle

+The sailors used this one in the old Navy days. Before you go off for a long, lonely voyage, get yourself a tall jar and fill it completely with earthworms. When you get lonely, open the jar and fuck away. The earthworms will provide some slithery stimulation, and your protein load will keep them nicely fed. Don't name them as that is sick!

+

+

+Ballsacking

+Takes some luck of the gene pool, but if you're able to do it, always great fun. While you are straddling her, take your nutsack and spread it out over her face like pizza dough.

+

+

+Bear Claw

+A synonym for extremely large pussy lips. 

+

+AllSitesAccess / Rachel18 

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+Beef Curtain

+The shanked out remains of the labia after being stretched like Play-Doh from an hour or so of fucking. If she has a bear claw to start with it helps.

+

+

+Beer Dick

+This is what most guys get after a good night of drinking. They tend to fuck anything with 2 tits and a pussy while experiencing beer dick.

+

+

+Blumpy

+You need to find a real tramp to do this right. It involves having her sucking you off while you are on the shitter.

+

+

+The Bronco

+You start by fucking doggy style and then just when she is really enjoying it, you grab her tits as tight as possible and yell another girls name. This gives you the feeling of riding a wild bronco as she desperately tries to buck you off.

+

+

+Brown Bagging It

+Sometimes you meet a girl with a body like there's no tomorrow but a face like a mangy dog. Don't lose the that smokin' body and let her hideousness stop you from fucking her though. Just draw the smiley face on a brown paper bag, place it over her head, and get to fucking. Duct taping the bag on will avoid any chance of slippage

+

+

+Brown Necktie

+You're about halfway through ass fucking a chick, and instead of filling up her keister with your demonseed, you pull out and proceed to tittie fuck her, leaving a brown streak between the tits.

+

+

+Brunski

+When a man puts his face between a woman's breasts and quickly moves his head back and forth while saying "Brunski" in a very drawn out and exaggerated manner. (There are many other variant names.)

+

+

+The Bullwinkle

+The sign given to a friend in hiding while doggie fucking some chick. It is performed by placing both hands over the head, with palms facing out and waving wildly. Can be supplemented by shouting "Hey Rocky." (Make sure to use appropriate Bullwinkle voice tone.)

+

+

+Butter Face

+When you see a chick with an awesome body, "but her face", is nasty. The solution is "Brown bagging it."

+

+

+The Canine Special

+Liberally apply peanut butter to your dick and call over the family dog. Lick Ubu lick. Good Dog. Arf!

+

+

+The Carpet Cleaner

+While fucking a girl doggy style, tie her arms behind her back, lift up her hips, and run around the room pushing her face first across the carpet. Not recommended with large women.

+

+

+The Chili Dog

+When you take a hot dump on a girl's tits and then proceed to titty fuck her.

+

+

+Chocolate Pizza

+Happily discovering hemorrhoids while eating a shitty brown eye.

+

+

+Cleveland Steamer

+The act of leaving a shit stain on the rib cage of a woman while titty fucking.

+

+

+Cock-Stuffing

+Apparently somewhat on the fringe in gay circles, but involves using thin, cylindrical items (thermometers, wire, rubber worms, etc.), and inserting them into the dick hole. Over many months, continue to gradually ream out the hole-at-the-head with larger items, thus ultimately allowing your "buddy" to obtain the goal of fucking your urethra. Wow!

+

+

+Cold Lunch

+The act of vomiting directly onto some chick's head while she's sucking your cock.

+

+

+The Concoction

+First, ejaculate all over the floor. Next, have your psycho bitch girlfriend menstruate on your semen. Stir it with your finger until you get a nice thick pink mixture. Proceed to paint yourselves up silly, just as if you were in kindergarten again.

+

+

+The Compton Gangbang

+You meet a young lady at the bar. She tells you she has a boyfriend, but she ends up going home with you anyway for a one-night stand. When you take her to your place, tell your friends to wait outside your bedroom door. Just when she's about to get off, your friends barge in the room and plainly beat the shit out of her. That should teach her not to fuck around. (Ladies, feel free to perform a Compton Gangbang on guys too. I know you've got some fat girlfriends to help you out.)

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+Cop's Delight

+The act of taking a girl in the ass, pulling out, and spewing all over her "pastry buns", thus transforming her rump into the allusion of an oversized, quivering glazed donut.

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+The Corkscrew

+Cross your fingers, middle over index. Twist your wrist back and forth and go to work on your desired orifice. With practice, you'll have the effectiveness of a dill press and within weeks you'll be able to bore through wood.

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+Corn

+Originating from the fine campus of Cornell University comes this unique, rarely used term. Saying that a girl is "Corn" means, she is so fucking hot, so beautiful, so utterly drop-dead gorgeous, that you would happily eat the corn out of her shit. Can be used as a great pick-up line or friendly compliment, for instance; "Baby, you're more Corn than Green Giant", or "Damn bitch, you are Corn!"

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+Couch Bombing

+When you fill a small ziploc sandwich bag with Crisco (or your favorite lubrication) and place it between the cushions on the couch. You then proceed to fuck the couch as if it were a woman...but no need to buy It dinner first

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+Coyote

+This occurs when you wake up in the room of a nasty wombat and you know you've got to give her the slip. However, you realize that your arm is wrapped around her. Therefore you must gnaw off your own arm to get out of the situation. Can be very painful.

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+Cum Dumpster

+A quadriplegic whore.

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+Cum Guzzling Sperm Burping Bitch

+The once in a lifetime act when blowing a hot steamy load down the back of the girl's throat, proceed to give her a large cold bottle of your most favorite carbonated drink and make her guzzle it down. Then, shake her head vigorously back and forth to create the Cum Guzzling, Sperm Burping effect. A great way to impress your friends.

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+Daisy Chain

+Partner (A) is sucking off or eating out partner (B) who is sucking off or eating out partner (C) and so on until the final person is sucking off or eating out partner (A). Partners can be gay, lesbian or straight.

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+Davey Crockett

+A sexual maneuver in which you slip muscle relaxants into your gal's snizzpod, then slide your head in, thus wearing your partner's now-relaxed snatch-fur as a coonskin cap. Can come in handy on those cold winter nights.

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+Dirty Sanchez

+A time honored event in which while laying the bone doggie style, you insert your finger into her asshole. You then pull it out and wipe it across her upper lip leaving a thin shit mustache. This makes her look like someone whose name is Dirty Sanchez.

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+Dirty Swirly

+While boning a chick doggie style near a toilet (preferably one filled with a healthy load of shit, or some hot piss, or both), stick her head in the toilet and flush...she'll dig it.

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+Dog In A Bathtub

+This is a proper name for when you attempt to insert your nuts into a girl's ass. It is so named because it can be just as hard as keeping a dog in the tub while giving it a bath.

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+Donkey Punch

+Banging a girl doggy style and then moments before you cum, you stick your dick in her ass, and then punch her in the back of the neck. The blow to the neck will stun the muscles in the female's ass, which will constrict the penis and give you a tremendous orgasmic experience when you ejaculate.

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+Duct Tape Trick

+Wrapping a hamster in duct tape so you can safely fuck it without the danger of a messy split.

+

+

+Dutch Oven

+Entrapping an unsuspecting sleeping partner in a world of ass odor by farting under the covers and pulling them over her head (and yours as well if you're into that sort of thing).

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+Dutch Treat

+The unexpected result of a Dutch Oven gone terribly awry. Can be very messy.

+

+

+DVDA

+The abbreviation for "double-anal, double-vaginal". This is the term used when a girl takes four cocks in two holes. A hard core porn industry norm.

+

+

+The Electric Chair

+Your psychobitch girlfriend decides she wants to try something kinky, so she props your stupid naive ass up in a chair, strips you down, and ties you up. After arousing you, she then takes a car battery and clamps two jumper cables to each nut sack. This causes you to have all sorts of synapses, spasms, and convulsions. She then mounts your Frankenstein and proceeds to get electrofucked. Warning! May cause erectile dysfunction after performed.

+

+

+Felching

+A gay activity which I do not condone at all. It happens when one fag fucks another fag in the ass and then sucks the jizz out with a straw. Only included for those of you who are considering going to jail. *note: never seen it done with a straw...

+

+

+The Fish Eye

+From behind, you shove both fists in her ass (or his if in prison). Thereupon she turns around in a one-eyed winking motionsignaling that she has been there and done that.

+

+

+Fish-Hook

+When you pull back towards the pussy after you stick your finger up her anus.

+

+

+The Fire Island

+This consists of telling someone you're going to spunk on their face while they are asleep, only half-jokingly, and then when they don't believe you, doing it just to prove that you're that demented.

+

+

+Flaming Amazon

+This one's for all you pyromaniacs out there. When your screwing some chick, right when your about to cum, you pull out and quickly grab the nearest lighter and set her pubes on fire, then...extinguish the flames with your jizz!

+

+

+Flooding The Cave

+Inserting the penis into a woman's pussy and then urinating inside her. Applies to butt pirates as well.

+

+

+The Flying Camel

+A personal favorite. As she is lying on her back and you are hammering her from your knees. You very carefully move forward and prop yourself (without using your arms) on your dick while it is still inserted in her vagina. You then proceed to flap your arms and let out a long shrieking howl much like a flying camel. Strictly a class move.

+

+

+The Flying Dutchman

+This didn't used to be a specific deviant sexual act, it was just a phrase that sounded dirty and would be shouted out during intercourse on occasion simply for the novelty factor. However, its popularity increased and it has now developed into a specific act, namely that of, just as you are about to blow a load, in any sort of sexual situation (even masturbation for those true pioneers who are constantly on the cutting edge of the sexual revolution) you begin to shout, "Here comes the Flying Dutchman!" This should confuse your sexual partner (or whoever is in hearing range) completely, sometimes causing interesting side effects.

+

+

+The Fountain Of You

+While sitting on her face and having her eat your ass, jerk off like a madman. Build up as much pressure as possible before you release and spew like a venerable geyser all over her face, neck and tits. (Better in her bed)

+

+

+Fur Ball

+When you're chomping away at some mighty trollop who has a mane between her legs the size of Lionel Richie's afro, and a mammoth hair ball gets lodged into your throat.

+

+

+Gobstopper

+With two hands, spread your tramp's anus open, then spit a big-ass loogie down the asshole then close it back up. You can give her a smack on the ass when you're done, if you want.

+

+

+Golden Shower

+Any form of dropping piss all over your partner. Great for those who like watersports.

+

+

+Greek

+The act of using your "glue stick" (if you know what I'm saying) and gluing your gal's eyes closed with your man seed. E.g. "Hey guys, check it out, I just greeked her!" or "Sorry honey, but you asked for the Greek salad"

+

+

+Ham And Cheese Sandwich

+Eating a woman's box after you ejaculate all over it. A delightful, tasty combination of her yummy meat curtains with your added cheesy topping is sure to appeal to anyone's appetite.

+

+

+Hershey Highway

+When plugging your girl in the ass, you run into some hot diarrhea. Don't hurt her feelings by getting grossed out though, just pretend it's extra lube.

+

+

+High Dive

+The skill of pulling your Johnson all the way out of your partner's hole and in one motion jamming it home again. Best suited for use in the corn hole, but can be very dangerous.

+

+

+The Hindenburg

+When some slut who is so bad at oral sex, you're forced to cry "Oh! The humanity!" as her teeth scrape your man tool.

+

+

+Hogging

+While intoxicated, high, or just plain desperate, you go searching for the fattest bitch you can find and proceed to ride her like a Harley. Best accomplished with large groups friends.

+

+

+Hole In One

+The act of sticking your dick in your own ass. Just try not to get a huge boner once it's in, or you'll get a nice snapparoo.

+

+

+Hotdog In A Hallway

+When laying the pipe, you realize your dick isn't even touching the walls of her vagina, kind of like tossing a hotdog in a hallway. Most frequently happens when banging the neighborhood trick or if you're slinging a small dick.

+

+

+Hot Karl

+The act in which a woman sucks the cock of the same man who moments earlier was balls deep in her can.

+

+

+Hot Karl Candy Cane

+A variation of the above in which the man who is receiving the oral cock cleaning gives the woman a reach around.

+

+

+Hot Lunch

+The result of defecating a tube of shit directly into a girl's mouth.

+

+

+Hummer

+The well known added variation to a blowjob in which a broad hums her favorite tune while she sucks away. The vibrations felt against your dick will most definitely produce a healthy orgasm.

+

+

+The Hunter Gatherer

+You and your partner defecate while 69ing. Pretty much self-explanatory.

+

+

+The Indian Cock Burn

+While a chick sucks you off, she twists her hand around your shaft as if she was trying to give you an Indian burn.

+

+

+The Jedi Mind Trick

+When banging your partner, you repeatedly shout "I'm NOT fucking you, I'm NOT fucking you".

+

+

+The Jelly Donut

+Give some skank a facial and follow it up with a swift pimp crack in the nose. The resulting blood and jizz that covers her face bears a resemblance to a jelly donut.

+

+

+The Juanita Special Bean Dip

+While your tramp rides you like a mechanical bull, insert your thumb into her poop chute (be sure to get your thumb nice and gooey), then stick your brown thumb into her mouth, and slip it under her tongue so she can get the full robust taste of the Juanita "special" bean dip.

+

+

+Kennebunkport Surprise

+The act of covertly filling your cheeks with chunky-style New England clam chowder, and screaming in disgust as you hurl it between your partners legs while eating her out.

+

+

+Kick-Fucking

+The act of receiving sexual pleasure from repeatedly getting kicked in the ass.

+

+

+The Landshark

+The woman braces herself facing a wall, naked, hands against the wall, legs spread, bent over so that her ass is lusciously jutting out. (hint: She might want to wear a biking helmet and some rollerblading wrist guards to avoid serious injury.) Next, the guy also naked as well as stiff cocked, walks to the opposite end of the room, places his palms together and raises them above his head, (thus imitating the dorsal fin of a shark) and begins chanting the theme to Jaws. When given some predetermined signal, the guy sprints toward the girl at full speed with his pelvis-out, fin protruding, and rams her dead square in the ass.

+

+

+The Lorena Bobbit

+Obviously, this one is for the ladies. When engaging in some hard core booty sex, squeeze your butt cheeks together as tight as you can, and start violently jumping and thrashing your ass around, in an effort to rip his dick off. (To reach true Lorena status, you must take the severed dick for a drive and then toss it out the window.)

+

+

+The Menthol

+The act of getting head from a woman who just moments earlier ate a numerous amounts of cough drops, thus insuring a pleasurable, tingly feeling on your cock.

+

+

+The Mellon Dive

+Headbutting a woman's big fat titties. Always lots of fun.

+

+

+Monkey Wrench

+When some sadistic bitch takes your dick back between your legs and sucks you off.

+

+

+Monroe Transfer

+When you and your partner connect each other's assholes with a tube. One defecates through the tube, thus transferring the turds to the rectum of the other.

+

+

+The Moped

+A chick that's a fun ride until your friends see you on it, if you know what I mean.

+

+

+The Mork

+Made famous by Robin Williams on Mork & Mindy, stick your pinky and ring fingers up a girls ass, then jam your middle and index fingers up her cunt. (Please note: Not complete until you finish it off with a Nanoo-Nanoo!)

+

+

+Moses

+A man who enjoys going down on a woman during her period. Derived from the Biblical figure Moses, who parted the Red Sea.

+

+

+The Motorboat

+While performing oral sex on a girl, flap your lips together on her clit, thus imitating the sound of a motorboat. She'll love you forever.

+

+

+Muff Teaser

+Finger, suck, eat, etc. a girl until she is begging for it. Then rub your stiffy round her golden valley until she screams at you to give her a banging. Right when her frustration is at its highest level, stop and finish with a DIY(do it yourself) handjob. Then leave the room without saying a word. Not to be tried if you want to shack up with the selfish bitch again.

+

+

+The Mung

+Obtain a female that has been dead for 2-3 days (the time period since death is important). Then place your mouth just outside her vaginal opening. Have a friend jump on her stomach, and try to catch as much stuff that comes out as you can in your mouth.

+

+

+Mushy Biscuit

+This is actually a very fun game. Just choose a piece of food that you and your male friends like to eat. Then you and your buddies form a tight circle around the food item and proceed to jerk off all over it. Last one to bust a nut gets the prize of eating the food.

+

+

+New Jersey Meat-Hook

+The unusual method of inserting one's finger in the ass of your partner while screwing her, and feeling her cervix. This procedure is most effective from behind.

+

+

+New York Style Taco

+Anytime when you are so drunk that when you go down, you barf on her box. Happy trails.

+

+

+The Nixon

+A variation of the Bullwinkle in which you give two peace signs as your signal of dominance. May enhance the act by shaking jowls and yelling, "I'm not a crook". This is considered very bold and is frowned upon for those with a modicum of decorum.

+

+

+Oyster

+A derivation of the tea bag which is accomplished by numbing one's testicles with ice and then inserting them in a chicks mouth and letting the tramp munch on them.

+

+

+Pasadena Mudslide

+This happens when you leave a windy shit between the breasts of a woman while you straddle her neck for a blowjob. (A close cousin to the Cleveland Steamer.)

+

+

+Pattycake

+While you're nailing some girl doggie style and your friend is catching some head off the same girl, you get a quick game of pattycake going. This makes you reminisce of your childhood memories and eases the sight of watching your friend blow his load.

+

+

+Paying The Rent

+A position in which the woman is folded in half, knees above shoulders, while the man holds the back of her calves and bangs ferociously.

+

+

+Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich

+Shit on a woman's snatch during menstruation. Proceed to munch. Mmmm Mmmm Nasty! (Crunchy or smooth...depending on what you've been eating.)

+

+

+Pearl Necklace

+Well known. Whenever you cum on the neck/cleavage area of a girl - it takes on the look of beautiful jewelry. Fuck that diamonds are forever shit.

+

+

+The Pig Roast

+While you're plugging some girl's hole doggie style, (up the dirt road or the funhole, pick your poison) she's blowing your best friend's cock at the same time, hence simulating a pig on a spit. Very Similar to Chinese Finger Cuffs.

+

+

+Pink Glove

+Hate when this happens. Every so often a girl is not wet enough during sex. When you finally pull out to give her money, the inside of her twat sticks to your hog. Thus, the pink glove.

+

+

+The Pirate's Treasure

+While fucking your girl in the ass, you strike a hefty load of shit. After you've found this buried treasure deep in her booty, you scream, "Argh!", like a pirate.

+

+

+Plating

+Take a clear, glass plate and place it on your partners face, then shit on it. It gives them a nice view without all the messy cleanup. How come you don't see that on any Dawn commercials.

+

+

+The Popcorn Trick

+First, take your girlfriend to the cinemas, for a nice romantic date. Buy a tub of popcorn, wait until the lights dim, and carefully make a hole in the bottom on the tub. Then, inconspicuously insert your penis through the bottom of the tub into the popcorn and casually offer some to your bitch. When she digs in, she will find nice surprise. Who doesn't love buttered popcorn?

+

+

+Puerto Rican Fog Bank

+While 69ing with your partner, release a cloud of sphincter fog directly into her nostrils.

+

+

+Purple Mushroom

+This occurs when a woman is giving you oral sex and you withdraw your penis in order to poke it back into her cheek. It should leave a lasting impression similar to a purple mushroom.

+

+

+Queef

+A well known, but sometimes embarrassing occurrence. Queefing happens when air gets trapped in a girls vagina, and makes a soft hissing, or farting kind of a sound while that air is released.

+

+

+The Ram

+When attacking from behind, you start ramming her head against the wall in a rhythmic motion. The force of the wall should allow for deeper penetration. Very handy in those lulls in penile sensitivity.

+

+

+Rear Admiral

+An absolute blast. When getting a chick from behind (while both partners standing), make sure you don't let her grab on to anything when she is bent over. Then, drive you hips into her backside so that you end up pushing her forwards. The goal is to push her into a wall or table. It's almost as much fun watch her face hit the floor. You rise to Admiral status when you can bang her around the room without crashing into anything and not using your hands to grab onto her hips

+

+

+Red Wings

+Another name for navigating the moose knuckle with your tongue while discovering the girl is on her rag. Be a real man and earn your red wings soldier!

+

+

+Resuscitation

+When a girl is asleep, carefully open her mouth so that she doesn't awake. Then, squat over her face and carefully place your shit hole on her lips. When the time is right, you let rip the biggest baddest fart ever known to man and see if it wakes her up. Great fun during those long sleepless nights.

+

+

+The Roddy Piper

+When getting your girl from behind, you toss the sleeper hold on her and knock her out ala Rowdy Roddy Piper. While nailing your unconscious victim, you get to simulate your life long dream of necrophilia. Now you never have to break into the morgue again.

+

+

+The Rodeo

+Similar to the Bronco. You start once again, fucking a chick from behind. At a pre-arranged time you grab her hair with one hand just as several buddies bust into the room. See if you can hang on for 8 seconds cowboy. Yee Haw!

+

+

+The Rose Creeper

+Seductively brush a beautiful long stem red rose against your sweetheart's neck, breasts, and inner thigh. Slowly rub the rose along her smooth skin as you tenderly kiss her entire body. After working her into the mood for some deep love making, unzip your fly and pull out your raging boner. Begin to fuck her ass while whipping her with the rose and screaming nasty obscenities at her. I bet she never saw that coming.

+

+

+The Rusty Trombone

+This is what happens when you've got a less then respectable female (AKA be-yatch) tongue deep in your chute. She wiggles her tongue as she does the reach around to pump you like a Catholic priest doing an Alter Boy, thus mimicking a trombone player.

+

+

+Sandbag

+Under an assumed name in a tropical region, you meet a young hottie and engage in the well known cliche of sex on the beach. Just before insertion, remove the rubber (without getting caught of course), and proceed to fuck away until you blow your load, without pulling out. As you dismount and prepare for departure, grab a handful of sand, throw it in her eyes, and run away laughing hysterically while leaving her blinded, butt-necked, and knocked up. Especially lots of fun when accomplished during the spring break season.

+

+

+The Screwnicorn

+When a dyke puts her strap-on dildo on her forehead and proceeds to go at her partner like a crazed unicorn.

+

+

+The Seatbelt

+While one fag straddles his partners cock, he receives a blowjob from the fruitcake on the bottom.

+

+

+Shirley Temple

+Pour a can of 7-Up on a girl's menstruating pussy and eat her out.

+

+

+The Shocker

+When you insert your index and middle fingers in the woman's vagina and pinky in her anus. After giving her a few good minutes of double duty finger banging, pull your fingers out and give your index and middle finger a quick sniff and pinky a good sucking, all in one smooth motion.(a.k.a. Smoking the Pinky.)

+

+

+Shop Vac

+When a dirty, talented tramp stuffs you're entire package (balls and all) into her mouth, and blows you with amazing suction power.

+

+

+Shrimping

+The term for licking or sucking your partner's toes.

+

+

+Skiing

+While facing in the same direction, a girl gets between two guys and jerks them both off, thus imitating some hardcore cross-country action.

+

+

+Slumpbuster

+When a professional athlete finds the dirtiest, nastiest, fattest, most disease-ridden skank and puts the wood to her with the intent that it will break up a slump.

+

+

+Snerd Nurgling

+The act of moving your anal lovers turds about within his/her lower intestine with your dick. Really popular with the lavender boys, hence the expression, "Oh Lance, Nergle me you Snerd"...

+

+

+Snoodling

+When an uncircumcised homo pulls his extra foreskin over the cock of another homo and proceeds to jerk him off. Those gays have way too much free time. Can be used at as a great derogatory term as in, "You Snoodler!"

+

+

+Snowball

+Ah yes, every man's worst nightmare, the dreaded snowball. This happens when a girl blows you and spits the jizz in your mouth. Another definition is when a girl blows some other guy, and then gives you a hot sloppy kiss with some of that guy's fresh jizz still in her mouth. With all those dirty broads out there, odds are it has happened to you. Just ask your friends if it has, cause they probably already know and have been laughing their asses off at you.

+

+

+The Snuff

+Lovingly fuck the shit out of your virgin or ragging girlfriend and wipe your bloody member across her face. Take a couple Polaroids, show them to your friends, and brag that you're a snuff film superstar.

+

+

+Stranger

+Sitting on your hand until it falls asleep and then jerking off, giving you the feeling of a hand job from someone else.

+

+

+Stranger On The Rocks

+Numbing your hand by sticking it in a bucket of ice and then jerking off. Spanken not stirred.

+

+

+Strangers In The Night

+When you and your gay buddy each numb your hand (you should know how by now) and spank each other off. Thus eliciting the feeling of a hand job from someone else, from someone else.

+

+

+Stingy Nut

+When a chick isn't worth fucking; pull down her pants, bend her over, and jerk off all over her ass.

+

+

+Sud N' Fud

+When trying to bang a girl, she gives that same old story, "I not that kind of girl.", "I don't fuck on the first date.", "I'm catholic.", "Stop asshole.", etc. etc... After hearing all this bullshit, you whip out your handy bar of soap. Then lather up her armpit (or any other joint you prefer), and proceed to fuck that instead.

+

+

+Surfing

+This happens when you nail a fat woman. As you watch the rippling effect of her rolls with every thrust, along with the feeling of being drenched, off balance, out of control, and in danger, you are given the sense of riding the ultimate wave.

+

+

+Swimmer's Ear

+When a girl is giving you a good sucking and right before you erupt, you remove yourself from her mouth, place your purple head in her ear, and fill her ear with some sweet love seed. Hopefully, you will give her an infection.

+

+

+Tea Bag

+To perform the tea bag, have the girl lay flat on her back. Then you squat over her with your hands on your knees, and gently dip your nut sac in and out of her mouth in a motion similar to performing some kind of fucked up yoga exercise.

+

+

+3-Eyed Turtle

+Basically plug every orifice of a girl in the following manner: thumb in ass, fingers in pussy, and dick in mouth.

+

+

+The Tortoise

+When you eat out someone who doesn't have pubic hair yet - i.e. you got there before the hair (hare) did.

+

+

+Tossing Salad

+A common prison act where one person basically chows asshole with the help of whatever condiments are available. (I.e. jelly, syrup, olive oil, etc.)

+

+

+Tropical Wind

+When getting your asshole eaten out by a worthless tramp, you break wind.

+

+

+Tuna Melt

+You're down on a chick lapping away and discover that it just happens to be that time of the month. By no means do you stop though. When the whale spews tartar sauce with a hint of raspberry smothers your face.

+

+

+Twisted Sister

+Have your dominatrix girlfriend dress up in some hot black leather gimp wear and proceed to handcuff your hands behind your back and then force you to your knees. Unsuspecting, diminutive, and cradled over with your ass is in the air, she then gives you the most erotic enema of your life. Now that's some great S&M fun.

+

+

+Vegetarian Hot Lunch

+A variation of the Hot Lunch in which the diner stretches a piece of saran wrap over her mouth such that chewing (for texture) is possible, but no actual contact with waste product occurs.

+

+

+Wake Up Call

+Waking up in the middle of the night with the hard on of your life. You then turn to your fast asleep partner and dry fuck her ass into oblivion. The clincher to performing a wake up call is to act like nothing of the sort happened in the morning. E.g. "Sweetheart, what's that on your back?"

+

+

+The Walrus

+After spunking in a girl's mouth, you pinch the center of her two lips together and hold her nose. This will force the cum to dribble out of the sides of her mouth, thus the teeth of the walrus.

+

+

+Western Grip

+When jerking off, turn your hand around, so that your thumb is facing towards you. It is the same grip that rodeo folks use, hence, western.

+

+

+Westside Glaze

+Same as the eastside glaze, but the majority of your jizz lands on the left side of her face.

+

+

+The Woody Woodpecker

+When a girl is sucking on your balls, tap your cock on her forehead.

+

+

+The Zombie Mask

+While getting head from your favorite, unsuspecting, trash-barrel whore, tell her you want her to look right up at you with those pretty little eyes" when you blow your load. Then, just when you're ready to spew a good week's worth of goo, blast that hefty load in both eyes. This temporary state of blindness will produce the zombie effect as she stumbles around the room with arms outstretched, and moaning like the walking dead. 

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+1;;A robot;may not;injure;a human being,;or,;through inaction,;allow;a human being;to come;to harm.;2;;A robot;must;obey;the orders;given;by;human beings;except;where;such orders;would;conflict;with;the First Law.;3;;A robot;must;protect;its own;existence;;as long;as;such protection;does not;conflict;with;the First;or Second;Law.;