书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2751章 LXXXIX

A second dame replaced the work when done With other; and one bore it off elsewhere;

A third selected from the fleeces spun, And mingled by that second, foul from fair.

"What is this labour?" said the peer to John;

And the disciple answered Otho's heir, "Know that the Parcae are those ancient wives, That in this fashion spin your feeble lives.