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 1     I|      many an unknown coast,~O'er Aegean Seas by many a Greekish
 2   III|     she for that refrained ne'er the more,~But following, "
 3    IV|       storm are cast;~Swift o'er the grass the rolling chariot
 4    IV|      his hate, his rancor, ne'er the less,~Since naught assuageth
 5     V|       their aid, what way soe'er he went:~He thanked them
 6    VI|     him thus much, and whatso'er he saith,~Unfold no more,
 7    VI|     Less speedy seemed than e'er before that day;~Lastly
 8   VII|       fleet courser spared ne'er the more,~To bear her through
 9   VII|  Enjoy that good this body ne'er possessed."~Thus she complained
10   VII|       these poor eyes shall e'er be blessed so,~As once again
11   VII|      or dead or fled;~But whe'er earth's centre or the deep
12  VIII|    nearest way seemed best, o'er hold and heath~We went,
13  VIII|    bodies slain,~And when soe'er he turned his fatal brand,~
14  VIII|      in words, and true whate'er he say,~"Say," quoth the
15  VIII|     dispread her lazy wings~O'er the broad fields of heaven'
16  VIII|        before mine eyes,~Howe'er I look, still, still methinks
17  VIII|     and bubbleth fast,~Till o'er the brims among the embers
18    IX|       of red blood flow~Where'er I go; only be thou my guide~
19    IX|   bodies slain~We will pass o'er their rampire and their
20    IX| forehead bold~He lifts, and o'er his broken banks doth flow,~
21    IX|       dust and dirt he ran,~O'er heaps of bodies wallowing
22    IX|      The fearful watch, and o'er the trenches leaped,~Even
23    IX|       purple morning peeped o'er~The eastern threshold to
24    IX|          LXXX~"Not thou, whoe'er thou art, shall glory long~
25     X|    doffed,~But all day long o'er hills and dales doth ride:~
26     X|  spoke withal:~ ~ XVIII~"Whoe'er thou art above all worldly
27     X|        No fort how strong soe'er by art or seat,~Can hinder
28     X|       to which by sight~But o'er a narrow bridge no way is
29    XI|      the ditches large,~And o'er their heads an iron pentice
30    XI|   broke:~For to what part soe'er the engine bends,~Their
31    XI|  light steed he leaped, and o'er the green~He rode, but rode
32   XII|   clad in armor bright~That o'er my head shaked a flaming
33   XII|       die, oh happy day~Whene'er it chanceth! but oh far
34  XIII|      fleet,~Some nimbly run o'er hills and valleys light,~
35  XIII|      the Christians spared ne'er the more~The trees to earth
36  XIII|      nor came nor went,~But o'er the lands with lukewarm
37  XIII|   sands,~Nor Po in May when o'er his banks he flows,~Nor
38  XIII| molten skies down fell,~And o'er their banks the brooks and
39   XIV|       in pieces break,~Leap o'er these rampires high, thou
40   XIV|     his strength of yore~Wher'er thy standard broad her cross
41    XV|      her canvas wing~Spread o'er that world that yet concealed
42   XVI|     of the life of man,~Nor e'er doth flourish more, but
43   XVI|    silver fountains shined,~O'er him her looks she hung,
44   XVI|      still did forward ride~O'er seas and streams, till Syria'
45  XVII|   That of the kingdom large o'er which he reigned,~The charge
46  XVII|     titles great,~His helm ne'er made him sweat in toilsome
47  XVII|    frays,~Nor was his sleep e'er broke with trumpet's threat,~
48  XVII|    her wrongs to right,~Nor e'er but victor will I see your
49  XVII|     promise will I keep whate'er befall,~And thereto bind
50  XVII|    Come from a Roman spring o'er all the place~Flowed pure
51  XVII|   that did the sceptre sway~O'er such as chose him lord by
52 XVIII|   they live and shine, and ne'er shall die~Till, in a moment,
53 XVIII| nardus breathed unseen,~And o'er his head let down from clearest
54 XVIII| lilies spread~The aged wood o'er and about him round~Flourished
55 XVIII|       welkin went,~Straight o'er the tents, seen by the soldiers
56 XVIII|     rides~On a swift steed, o'er hills and dales that glides.~ ~
57   XIX|       some needful use, whate'er it were,~The armed galleys
58   XIX|       the morning gray~Step o'er the threshold of the eastern
59   XIX|       quoth he, "and swear ne'er to retire,~Except he first
60   XIX|         The duke replied, "Ne'er shall that deed, bold knight,~
61   XIX|       thou come behind,~Nor e'er compare thee with the Prince
62   XIX|       he turned him bold,~"Ne'er that I wot I saw thee erst
63   XIX|  state I lost myself also,~Ne'er to be found again, for then
64   XIX|    rode the way I came, nor e'er took rest,~Till on like
65   XIX|      high,~I saw what way soe'er they went and drew,~They
66    XX|   spread her squadrons trim~O'er the large plain, did Altamoro
67    XX|       in noble hearts that ne'er is spent,~Yet fainted not,
68    XX|  showed he tokens true,~Where'er he joined, or stayed, or
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