The Orlando of Ariosto Author:Lodovico Ariosto Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The ARGUMENT. Conclusion of Geneura's ftoiy. The king of Scotland grants Rinaldo the fuccours demanded. Rinaldo departs for England, and obtains the like fucc... more »ours from the regent there. Bradamant, feeking her lover Rogero, meets with Pinabello, and hears a melancholy tale of his mif- fortunes. She promifes him afliftr.nce, and afterwards, being deceived by him, falls into Merlin's cave, where (he meets with Melifia, an enchantrefs, who fhows her in vifion all her defcendants, and inftru£ts her how to deliver Rogero from the caftle where he was confined by Atlantes. Bradamant, following the advice of Meliffa, defeats the magician and fets his prifoners at liberty j but foon after lofes her lover Rogero, who is carried away in a wonderful manner, by the contrivance of Atlantes. SECOND BOOK ORLANDO. THUS to the Paladin Dalinda told Her mournful tale, while ftill their way they hold; Then tow'rds St. Andrew's town with eager hafte Rinaldo with the fquire and damfel pafs'd; The king and court were there; and there the ftrife 5 Muft foon decide his daughter's death or life. As nearer to the neighbouring town they drew, They found a fquire who gave them tidings new; That a ftrange champion there in armour came, Who undertook to clear Geneiya's fame; 10 Unknown his cuirafs, and unknown his fhield, His name and lineage from his fquire conceal'd. This heard, Rinaldo fwift his way purfu'd, And foon the guarded walls and gates he view'd. chapter{Section 41 But none the warrior's entrance here oppos'd, i ; The porter open'd, and the gate re-clos'd; Through the void city pafs'd the fearlefs knight But, by the way, he made the dame alight; And bade her wait the iffue of the fight. Impatient thence he haftens to the field, 20 Where the two knights their wrathf...« less