To strike more dread into the Moorish foe, Mount Alban's champion, leading the assault, Bade beat his drums and bade his bugles blow, And with loud echoing cries his name exalt.
He spurs Baiardo, that is nothing slow;
He clears the lofty barriers at a vault, Trampling down foot, o'erturning cavalier, And scatters booth and tent in his career.