At length with jostling, elbowing, and the aid

Of Cherubim appointed to that post,

The devil Asmodeus[545] to the circle made

His way, and looked as if his journey cost

Some trouble. When his burden down he laid,

"What's this?" cried Michael; "why, 'tis not a ghost?"

"I know it," quoth the Incubus; "but he

Shall be one, if you leave the affair to me.