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LXXI	A
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'O spotless virgin ' Honor thus began	B
'That my true lore observed firmly hast	C
When with thy foes thou didst in bondage won	D
Remember then I kept thee pure and chaste	E
At liberty now where wouldest thou run	D
To lay that field of princely virtue waste	E
Or lost that jewel ladies hold so dear	F
Is maidenhood so great a load to bear	G
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LXXII	A
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'Or deem'st thou it a praise of little prize	A
The glorious title of a virgin's name	H
That thou will gad by night in giglot wise	A
Amid thine armed foes to seek thy shame	H
O fool a woman conquers when she flies	A
Refusal kindleth proffers quench the flame	H
Thy lord will judge thou sinnest beyond measure	I
If vainly thus thou waste so rich a treasure '	-
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LXXIII	A
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The sly deceiver Cupid thus beguiled	J
The simple damsel with his filed tongue	K
'Thou wert not born ' quoth he 'in desert wild	J
The cruel bears and savage beasts among	K
That you shouldest scorn fair Citherea's child	J
Or hate those pleasures that to youth belong	L
Nor did the gods thy heart of iron frame	H
To be in love is neither sin nor shame	H
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LXXIV	M
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'Go then go whither sweet desire inviteth	N
How can thy gentle knight so cruel be	O
Love in his heart thy grief and sorrows writeth	N
For thy laments how he complaineth see	O
Oh cruel woman whom no care exciteth	N
To save his life that saved and honored thee	N
He languished one foot thou wilt not move	M
To succor him yet say'st thou art in love	M
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LXXV	M
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'No no stay here Argantes' wounds to cure	P
And make him strong to shed thy darling's blood	Q
Of such reward he may himself assure	P
That doth a thankless woman so much good	R
Ah may it be thy patience can endure	P
To see the strength of this Circassian wood	R
And not with horror and amazement shrink	S
When on their future fight thou hap'st to think	S
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LXXVI	M
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'Besides the thanks and praises for the deed	T
Suppose what joy what comfort shalt thou win	U
When thy soft hand doth wholesome plaisters speed	T
Upon the breaches in his ivory skin	U
Thence to thy dearest lord may health succeed	T
Strength to his limbs blood to his cheeks so thin	U
And his rare beauties now half dead and more	V
Thou may'st to him him to thyself restore	V
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LXXVII	M
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'So shall some part of his adventures bold	W
And valiant acts henceforth be held as thine	X
His dear embracements shall thee straight enfold	W
Together joined in marriage rites divine	X
Lastly high place of honor shalt thou hold	W
Among the matrons sage and dames Latine	X
In Italy a land as each one tells	A
Where valor true and true religion dwells '	-
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LXXVIII	M
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With such vain hopes the silly maid abused	Y
Promised herself mountains and hills of gold	W
Yet were her thoughts with doubts and fears confused	Y
How to escape unseen out of that hold	W
Because the watchman every minute used	Y
To guard the walls against the Christians bold	W
And in such fury and such heat of war	V
The gates or seld or never opened are	Z
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LXXIX	A
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With strong Clorinda was Erminia sweet	A2
In surest links of dearest friendship bound	B2
With her she used the rising sun to greet	A2
And her when Phoebus glided under ground	B2
She made the lovely partner of her sheet	A2
In both their hearts one will one thought was found	B2
Nor aught she hid from that virago bold	W
Except her love that tale to none she told	W
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LXXX	A
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That kept she secret if Clorinda heard	C2
Her make complaints or secretly lament	D2
To other cause her sorrow she referred	C2
Matter enough she had of discontent	D2
Like as the bird that having close imbarred	D2
Her tender young ones in the springing bent	D2
To draw the searcher further from her nest	D2
Cries and complains most where she needeth least	D2
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LXXXI	A
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Alone within her chamber's secret part	D2
Sitting one day upon her heavy thought	D2
Devising by what means what sleight what art	D2
Her close departure should be safest wrought	D2
Assembled in her unresolved heart	D2
An hundred passions strove and ceaseless fought	D2
At last she saw high hanging on the wall	E2
Clorinda's silver arms and sighed withal	E2
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LXXXII	A
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And sighing softly to herself she said	D2
'How blessed is this virgin in her might	D2
How I envy the glory of the maid	D2
Yet envy not her shape or beauty's light	D2
Her steps are not with trailing garments stayed	D2
Nor chambers hide her valor shining bright	D2
But armed she rides and breaketh sword and spear	F
Nor is her strength restrained by shame or fear	F
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LXXXIII	A
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'Alas why did not Heaven these members frail	E2
With lively force and vigor strengthen so	A
That I this silken gown and slender veil	E2
Might for a breastplate and an helm forego	A
Then should not heat nor cold nor rain nor hail	E2
Nor storms that fall nor blustering winds that blow	A
Withhold me but I would both day and night	D2
In pitched field or private combat fight	D2
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LXXXIV	M
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'Nor haddest thou Argantes first begun	X
With my dear lord that fierce and cruel fight	D2
But I to that encounter would have run	X
And haply ta'en him captive by my might	D2
Yet should he find our furious combat done	X
His thraldom easy and his bondage light	D2
For fetters mine embracements should he prove	M
For diet kisses sweet for keeper love	M

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