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 1     I|    assail he would,~Save that he durst not move them to displeasure;~
 2     I|         his traitorous mind,~But durst not follow what he had decreed,~
 3     I|          proceed,~His noble foes durst not his craven kind~Exasperate
 4    II|           and desired nought,~He durst not speak by suit to purchase
 5    II|      honor of so noble feat,~She durst not, did not, could not
 6   III|         it brought,~Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispreed~
 7   III|          the virgin chaste,~That durst not shake the spear, nor
 8    IV|       choke,~The gnarring porter durst not whine for doubt;~Still
 9    IV|     beseemed him well,~Yet never durst he for his lady's sake~Break
10    IV|      neither will nor power,~Nor durst my heart declare it waxed
11    IV|   Forebore to love, because they durst not move her,~On them her
12    IV|      fear.~ ~ LXXXIX~On them who durst with fingering bold assay~
13    IV|     fleeces bear:~But if someone durst utter his desire,~And by
14     V|        shame,~Let it suffice, he durst desire the same.~ ~ XXI~
15     V|     knight:~Amazed, he asked who durst and did so much;~For yet
16    VI|          Through Afric's deserts durst she ride or go,~Save that
17   VII|     Tancredi first, and all that durst beside.~ ~ LVIII~With sober
18     X|         yield himself a slave~He durst not openly his king persuade:~
19     X|       turns and rolls about;~Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan'
20    XI|        died, some at their loops durst scant outpeep,~Some fled
21  XIII|       sort; --~What mortal wight durst scale so strange a fort?~ ~
22  XIII|         day in darkness sit,~Nor durst he look on man of worth
23    XV|        and countries sailed,~Yet durst he not assay the ocean main,~
24    XV|       shake,~So that the serpent durst not hiss for fear,~But fled,
25   XVI|     would not, could not, or she durst not speak,~At her he looked
26  XVII|    surpassed, whom none to match durst vaunt~At tilt, at tourney,
27  XVII|         power succeeded him,~Who durst sustain, in years though
28 XVIII|      city crossed her game,~That durst nor bide her foe's encounter
29 XVIII|      LXXIX~There killing such as durst and did withstand,~To noble
30 XVIII|          and towers that battery durst abide;~Rageth the sword,
31   XIX|          would have stopped, nor durst pronounce them plain.~The
32    XX|        dead among,~Alvante, that durst his mistress wound, fell
33    XX|       this fierce king encounter durst not one.~Not one durst combat
34    XX| encounter durst not one.~Not one durst combat him in equal field,~
35    XX|  recorded brings,~The troop that durst so much now stood aghast,~
36    XX|          firm or fast,~No longer durst resist the Christian train,~
37    XX|         complains and cries;~Yet durst not, did not, would not
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