"Come on in arms against me, both combined, And be King Rodomont the third!" (he said)
"Come Spain and Afric and all human kind;
Ne'er will I turn." And he, at nought dismaid, So saying, in his fury, sawed the wind About him, with Almontes' noble blade, Embraced his shield, and, full of choler, stood Against Gradasso and Rogero good.