书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第359章 LXIX

"The prudent Eleanour is this: a spray Which will be grafted on thy happy tree.

What of the fruitful stepchild shall I say, Who in succession next to her I see, Lucretia Borgia? who, from day to day, Shall wax in beauty, virtue, chastity, And fortune, that like youthful plant will shoot, Which into yielding soil has struck its root.