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according angels animals beasts beauty beginning belief body called celestial chain common commonplace correspondence cosmic course created creation creatures dance describing divine doctrine doth earth educated elements Elizabeth Elizabethan English eternal excellent faculties fall fire follows four function gives God's harmony hath head heart heaven heavenly highest human humours idea instance kind king knowledge known less light living man's matter means medieval Middle Ages Milton mind moon nature notion passage passion perfect physical picture piece plants Platonic poem poetry politic possible present prince pure qualities reason references resembled rest says scheme sense serve Shakespeare shows soul speak speech spheres spirits stand stars things thought tion turn understanding universe unto virtue whole