书城公版Orlando Furioso
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第984章 CLVI

In peril were the Moors, that none again Should visit Heatheness, that day opprest:

But that the wise and wary king of Spain, Gathered, and from the field bore off the rest:

To sit down with his loss he better gain Esteemed, that here to hazard purse and vest:

Better some remnant of the host to save, Than bid whole squadrons stand and find a grave.