书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第2881章 XLVI

Angrier than venomed viper, with a bound, So saying, she upon Marphisa flies;

And plants so well the spear, that she, astound, Fell backward on the champaigne in such guise, Nigh half her helm was buried in the ground:

Nor was the damsel taken by surprise:

Nay, did her best the encounter to withstand;

Yet with her helmed head she smote the sand.