书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第1376章 XXXIV

The gentle Bradamant, who was i' the vein To grant whatever prudent virgin might, To solace her desiring lover's pain, So that her honour should receive no slight;

-- If the last fruits he of her love would gain, Nor find her ever stubborn, bade the knight, Her of Duke Aymon through fair mean demand;

But be baptized before he claimed her hand.