John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book One Help!?

Question

"In this unhappy mansion or once more with rallied Arms to try what may be yet, Regained in Heav’n or what more lost in h**l?”

What are possible interpretations of the meaning of this quotation from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book One?

Answer 1

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