书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第792章 XCVIII

But he makes answer with a massy spear, Out of ten others chosen as the best;

And levelling at the buckler of the peer, For greater surety, pierces plate and breast.

'Twixt rib and rib, it bored the cavalier, Issuing a palm behind. To all the rest, The king excepted, welcome was the blow:

For each was greedy Salinterno's foe.