was _inutterable_, and what he saw was
_inconceivable_.

It is the same thing as to the State of the _Devil_ in those Regions
which he now possesses, and where he now more particularly inhabits; my
present Business then is not to enter into those grave Things so as to
make them ridiculous, as I think most People do that talk of them; but
as the _Devil_, let his Residence be where it will, has evidently free
Leave to come and go, not into this World only; (_I mean, the Region of
our Atmosphere_,) but for ought we know, to all the other inhabited
Worlds which God has made, where-ever they are, and by whatsoever Names
they are or may be known or distinguished; for if he is not confined in
one Place, we have no Reason to believe he is excluded from any Place,
Heaven only excepted, from whence he was expell'd for his Treason and
Rebellion.

His Liberty then being thus ascertain'd, three Things seem to be
material for us to give an Account of, in order to form this Part of
his History.

1. What his Business is on this Globe of Earth which we vulgarly
call the World, how he acts among us, what Affairs Mankind and he
have together, and how far his Conduct here relates to Us, and Ours
is, or may be influenc'd by him.

2. Where his Principal Residence is, and whether he has not a
particular Empire of his own, to which he retreats upon proper
Occasions; where he entertains his Friends when they come under his
particular Administration; and where, when he gets any Victory over
his Enemies, he carries his Prisoners of War.

3. What may probably be the great Business this black Emperor has
at present upon his Hands, either in this World or out of it, and
by what Agents he works.

As these Things may perhaps run promiscuously thro' the Course of this
whole Work, and frequently be touch'd at under other Branches of the
_Devil_'s History, so I do not propose them as Heads of Chapters or
Particular Sections, for the Order of Discourse to be handled apart; for
(by the way) as Satan's Actings have not been the most regular Things in
the World, so in our Discourse about him, it must not be expected that
we can always tie our selves down to Order and Regularity, either as to
Time, or Place, or Persons; for Satan being _hic & ubique_, a loose
ungovern'd Fellow, we must be content to trace him where we can find
him.

It is true, in the foregoing Chapter, I shew'd you the D