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XLVI	A
Three times he strove to view Heaven's golden ray	B
And raised him on his feeble elbow thrice	C
And thrice he tumbled on the lowly lay	B
And three times closed again his dying eyes	D
He speaks no word yet makes his signs to pray	B
He sighs he faints he groans and then he dies	D
Argantes proud to spoil the corpse disdained	E
But shook his sword with blood of Dudon stained	E
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XLVII	A
And turning to the Christian knights he cried	F
Lordlings behold this bloody reeking blade	G
Last night was given me by your noble guide	F
Tell him what proof thereof this day is made	G
Needs must this please him well that is betide	F
That I so well can use this martial trade	G
To whom so rare a gift he did present	H
Tell him the workman fits the instrument	H
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XLVIII	A
If further proof thereof he long to see	I
Say it still thirsts and would his heart blood drink	J
And if he haste not to encounter me	I
Say I will find him when he least doth think	J
The Christians at his words enraged be	I
But he to shun their ire doth safely shrink	J
Under the shelter of the neighbor wall	K
Well guarded with his troops and soldiers all	K
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XLIX	I
Like storms of hail the stones fell down from high	A
Cast from their bulwarks flankers ports and towers	I
The shafts and quarries from their engines fly	A
As thick as falling drops in April showers	I
The French withdrew they list not press too nigh	A
The Saracens escaped all the powers	I
But now Rinaldo from the earth upleapt	H
Where by the leg his steed had long him kept	H
L	-
He came and breathed vengeance from his breast	H
'Gainst him that noble Dudon late had slain	L
And being come thus spoke he to the rest	H
Warriors why stand you gazing here in vain	L
Pale death our valiant leader had opprest	H
Come wreak his loss whom bootless you complain	L
Those walls are weak they keep but cowards out	H
No rampier can withstand a courage stout	H
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LI	I
Of double iron brass or adamant	H
Or if this wall were built of flaming fire	M
Yet should the Pagan vile a fortress want	H
To shroud his coward head safe from mine ire	N
Come follow then and bid base fear avaunt	H
The harder work deserves the greater hire	M
And with that word close to the walls he starts	I
Nor fears he arrows quarries stones or darts	I
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LII	I
Above the waves as Neptune lift his eyes	I
To chide the winds that Trojan ships opprest	H
And with his countenance calmed seas winds and skies	I
So looked Rinaldo when he shook his crest	H
Before those walls each Pagan fears and flies	I
His dreadful sight or trembling stayed at least	H
Such dread his awful visage on them cast	H
So seem poor doves at goshawks' sight aghast	H
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LIII	I
The herald Ligiere now from Godfrey came	O
To will them stay and calm their courage hot	H
Retire quoth he Godfrey commands the same	O
To wreak your ire this season fitteth not	H
Though loth Rinaldo stayed and stopped the flame	O
That boiled in his hardy stomach hot	H
His bridled fury grew thereby more fell	I
So rivers stopped above their banks do swell	I
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LIV	A
The hands retire not dangered by their foes	I
In their retreat so wise were they and wary	I
To murdered Dudon each lamenting goes	I
From wonted use of ruth they list not vary	I
Upon their friendly arms they soft impose	I
The noble burden of his corpse to carry	I
Meanwhile Godfredo from a mountain great	H
Beheld the sacred city and her seat	H
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LV	A
Hierusalem is seated on two hills	I
Of height unlike and turned side to side	H
The space between a gentle valley fills	I
From mount to mount expansed fair and wide	H
Three sides are sure imbarred with crags and hills	I
The rest is easy scant to rise espied	H
But mighty bulwarks fence that plainer part	H
So art helps nature nature strengtheneth art	H
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LVI	A
The town is stored of troughs and cisterns made	H
To keep fresh water but the country seems	I
Devoid of grass unfit for ploughmen's trade	H
Not fertile moist with rivers wells and streams	I
There grow few trees to make the summer's shade	H
To shield the parched land from scorching beams	I
Save that a wood stands six miles from the town '	-
With aged cedars dark and shadows brown	P
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LVII	A
By east among the dusty valleys glide	H
The silver streams of Jordan's crystal flood	H
By west the Midland Sea with bounders tied	H
Of sandy shores where Joppa whilom stood	H
By north Samaria stands and on that side	H
The golden calf was reared in Bethel wood	H
Bethlem by south where Christ incarnate was	I
A pearl in steel a diamond set in brass	I
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LVIII	A
While thus the Duke on every side descried	H
The city's strength the walls and gates about	H
And saw where least the same was fortified	H
Where weakest seemed the walls to keep him out	H
Ermina as he armed rode him spied	H
And thus bespake the heathen tyrant stout	H
See Godfrey there in purple clad and gold	H
His stately port and princely look behold	H
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LIX	I
Well seems he born to be with honor crowned	H
So well the lore he knows of regiment	H
Peerless in fight in counsel grave and sound	H
The double gift of glory excellent	H
Among these armies is no warrior found	H
Graver in speech bolder in tournament	H
Raymond pardie in counsel match him might	H
Tancred and young Rinaldo like in fight	H
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LX	I
To whom the king He likes me well therefore	Q
I knew him whilom in the court of France	I
When I from Egypt went ambassador	M
I saw him there break many a sturdy lance	I
And yet his chin no sign of manhood bore	Q
His youth was forward but with governance	I
His words his actions and his portance brave	A
Of future virtue timely tokens gave	A

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