书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第3586章 LXXIX

"And that from thence he would not wend his way Until the reptile he had found and slain, When so Adonio heard the peasant say, He scarce his speech with patience could sustain, Aye reverence to the serpent wont to pay, The honoured ensign of his ancient strain;

In memory that their primal race had grown Erewhile from serpent's teeth by Cadmus sown;