书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第784章 XC

Yet he who would excuse the sudden wheel, Upon his courser might the blame bestow:

But, after, he so ill his strokes did deal, Demosthenes his cause might well forego.

With paper armed he seems, and not with steel, So shrinks he at the wind of every blow:

At length he breaks the ordered champions through, Amid loud laughter from the circling crew.