She had beneath Orlando's convoy strayed, Since rescued from the cave. When on the plain The damsel saw the motley troop arrayed, She asked Orlando what might be the train?
"I know not," said the Count; and left the maid Upon the height, and hurried towards the plain.
He marked Zerbino, and at the first sight A baron of high worth esteemed the knight, LVI
And asked him why and wherefore him they led Thus captive, to Zerbino drawing near:
At this the doleful prince upraised his head, And, having better heard the cavalier, Rehearsed the truth; and this so well he said, That he deserved the succour of the peer.
Well Sir Orlando him, by his reply, Deemed innocent, and wrongly doomed to die.