Then rose and locked her in a new embrace, And kissed her, like a daughter, on the brow.
Morgana and Clermont's kin, with joyful face, All thither troop; 'twere tedious to tell how Rinaldo did the gentle damsel grace;
For he had oftentimes espied ere now Her martial prowess, tried by goodly test, When they with girding siege Albracca pressed.