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 1     I|         renown~Choose him their Duke, to rule the wars and fights.~
 2     I|       rest excel,~Down fell the Duke, his joints dissolved asunder,~
 3     I|     Lord Robert lad,~The native Duke of that renowned land,~Two
 4     I|      counsel went,~And thus the Duke his princely will declared:~"
 5     I|     Lord's behest,~And thus the Duke reduced his thoughts to
 6     I|     least,~And to the Christian Duke by heaps they gone,~And
 7    II|        are~Despised, defies the Duke to mortal war.~ ~ ~ I~While
 8    II|       baron stayed,~To whom the duke thus for his answer said:~ ~
 9   III|            LVIII~While thus the Duke on every side descried~The
10   III|     little less,~Fore which the duke his glorious ensigns spread,~
11   III|         bed:~All night the wary duke devising laid~How that high
12   III|     with the lark the sorrowful duke arose,~A mourner chief at
13   III|         until~A Syrian told the duke, who thither sent~Those
14    IV|     kingdom thus forego~To seek Duke Godfrey's aid, such store
15    IV|     Conduct me then that mighty duke before,~If you be courteous,
16    IV|   stayed,~At last the courteous duke her gently cheers;~Silence
17    IV|       last her earnest suit the duke denayed,~But with sweet
18    IV| whispered underhand,~Before the duke with comely boldness came:~"
19     V|      gravity,~To whom should I, Duke Godfrey's brother, yield,~
20     V|        to excuse the youth:~The Duke heard all, but with such
21     V|        the rest.~ ~ LXXVIII~The duke advised them every one apart,~
22     V|      his arrival find.~But when Duke Godfrey wist his knights
23     V|       new come foes beside:~The duke, that saw their wonted courage
24   VII|         shame.~ ~  LX~The angry duke their fear discovered plain,~
25   VII|        skirmish to sustain,~The duke his brother called and thus
26  VIII|        he say,~"Say," quoth the duke, "where you this armor had,~
27  VIII|        to tell,~Sore sighed the duke, so did these news him grieve,~
28    IX|         spoiled the fields, the duke knew well before,~Yet thought
29    IX|       Argantes by her side.~The duke, this heard, to Guelpho
30    IX|      tribute pays.~ ~ XLVII~The duke his men fast flying did
31    XI|      Ademare,~ ~  VI~The mighty duke came next, as princes do,~
32    XI|      ended,~Toward his tent the duke himself withdrew,~Upon their
33    XI|         Thus shot the maid: the duke with hard assay~And sharp
34    XI|        decay.~ ~ LV~The wounded duke, as though he felt no pain,~
35    XI|     fray,~Meanwhile the wounded duke, in grief and teen,~Within
36    XI|         pen.~ ~ LXXI~The mighty duke yet never changed cheer,~
37    XI|       left the field,~The godly duke to safety thence conveyed,~
38  XIII|         in shining arms arrayed~Duke Godfrey thither sent of
39   XIV|        marvel fought.~ ~ XX~The duke looked up, and saw the azure
40   XIV|      pleasing words thus to the duke addressed:~"Good prince,
41 XVIII|        arms~About his neck, the duke this answer gave:~"Let pass
42 XVIII|       fear half dead:~ ~ LI~The duke received her, saved her,
43 XVIII|         good speed.~ ~ LIII~The duke let go the captive dove
44 XVIII|     fled far thence afraid.~The duke before all those which had
45 XVIII|      the day forerun,~The godly duke in prayer spent well-nigh,~
46 XVIII|         mercy cry;~Then oft the duke his engines great begun~
47 XVIII|       skies.~ ~ LXXXV~The hardy duke before his folk abides,~
48 XVIII|    Pagans slain,~This seen, the duke no longer stay could brook,~
49   XIX|     help the same~The sovereign Duke and young Rinaldo came.~ ~
50   XIX|      begun,~Within the town the duke would lodge that night,~
51   XIX|      this trophy stands.' "~The duke replied, "Ne'er shall that
52   XIX|         done he came the mighty duke beforn,~And entrance found,
53   XIX|    heart could find.~But to the Duke Vafrine his talk applies,~"
54   XIX|         it hath ever," thus the Duke begun,~"Thy counsel shows
55    XX|       of fight all prayed~Their Duke, and were displeased because
56    XX|        guide.~ ~ XI~To whom the Duke, "In thee our hope is laid~
57    XX|       his wings.~While thus the Duke bespeaks his armies strong,~
58    XX|         the southern blast;~The Duke recalled them, in array
59    XX|         And where the barbarous duke in person stood,~Twixt Tisiphernes
60    XX|       with scorn and shame,~The duke with speeches grave exhorts
61    XX|     passed by,~And cried to the Duke as near he drew,~"Behold