书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2564章 XXXI

"Lewis, (so learned Merlin said,) is woe To have brought to Italy King Charlemagne, Whom he called in to harass, not o'erthrow That ancient rival of his goodly reign;

At his return declares himself his foe, And, leagued with Venice, would the king detain.

Behold that valiant monarch couch his spear, And in his foes' despite a passage clear.