书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1171章 XLIV

" `Ah! were the cruel statute less severe Against the stranger to these shores conveyed!

So should I not esteem my death too dear A ransom for thy worthier life were paid.

But none is here so great, sir cavalier, Nor of such puissance as to lend thee aid;

And what thou askest, though a scanty grace, Were difficult to compass in this place.