: The reference seems generally to be to the 5th Prolusion of the 1st Book.
Hic arcus ac tela, quibus olim in magno illo Superum tumultu princeps armorum Michael confixit auctorem proditionis; hic fulmina humanæ mentis terror. In nubibus armatas bello legiones instruam, atque inde pro re nata auxiliares ad terram copias evocabo. Hic mihi Cælites, quos esse ferunt elementorum tutelares, prima ilia corpora miscebunt.
(sect. 4.) Ed. ]
Footnote 3
: From a common-place book of Mr. C.'s, communicated by Mr. J. M. Gutch.
Ed.