Four lots the monarch bade prepare, which done, This "Rodomont and Mandricardo" said;
"Rogero and Mandricardo" were in one;
In one, "Rogero and Rodomont" were read;
That "Mandricardo and Marphisa" run:
Next, as the fickle goddess, Fortune, led, The lots are drawn, and in the first appear The Tartar king and sovereign of Argier.