书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2280章 LXII

If cleft his vizor through the midst; 'twas well That from the sight diverged the trenchant blade, Which on the saddle's plated pommel fell;

Nor yet its double steel the faulchion stayed:

It reached his armour (like soft wax, the shell Oped, and the skirts wherewith 'twas overlaid)

And trenched upon his thigh a grievous wound;

So that 'twas long ere he again waxed sound.