书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第3086章 XLIV

"I well believe, that from some neighbouring hill The Arabs have poured down, to waste the plain;

Who, for the country was defended ill, Have taken, burnt, destroyed and sacked and slain;

And that Branzardo, who your place doth fill, As viceroy and lieutenant of the reign, Has set down thousands, where he tens should write;

The better to excuse him in your sight.