书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第561章 LVI

With subtle thread of steel had Vulcan wrought The net of old, and with such cunning pain, He, who to break its weakest mesh had sought, Would have bestowed his time and toil in vain.

It was with this he Mars and Venus caught, Who, hands and feet, were fettered by the chain:

Nor did the jealous husband weave the thread For aught, but to surprise that pair in bed.