书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第697章 II

Domitian and the latter Antonine;

And, lifted from the lowest rabble's lees, To imperial place and puissance, Maximine:

Hence Thebes to cruel Creon bent her knees, Mezentius ruled the subject Agiline, Fattening his fields with blood. To pests like these Our Italy was given in later day, To Lombard, Goth, and Hun a bleeding prey.