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 1     I|      one the regal power and sceptre give,~That henceforth may
 2     I| Proud of his father's title, sceptre, crown;~Roger of Balnavill,
 3    IV|    promise too,~All that his sceptre, or my sword, can do."~ ~
 4    IV|   Nor greater glory brings a sceptre broke,~Than doth deliverance
 5     V|   bear the yoke;~Weak is the sceptre and the power is small~That
 6    VI|       To be revenged for his sceptre broken,~The men of arms
 7   VII|   Where fair Armida doth the sceptre guide,~Thou canst not fly,
 8   VII|      and post,~Rule with thy sceptre, conquer with thy word,~
 9  VIII|  great name they quake;~This sceptre and my noble acts for me~
10    IX|  lands were won where he did sceptre wield~And he twice beaten
11  XIII|      is stained~And buys his sceptre with his people's lives?~
12   XIV|    Boemond doth his seat and sceptre hold,~For public fame said
13  XVII|  right hand did his precious sceptre wield,~His beard was gray,
14  XVII|  will explain,~"To thee this sceptre, Emiren, to thee~These armies
15  XVII|    spake the tyrant. and the sceptre laid~With all his sovereign
16  XVII|     the knight:~"I take this sceptre at your hand," he said,~"
17  XVII|  hight,~For by the sword the sceptre is upstayed,~This hand can
18  XVII|  twixt the angry knights his sceptre cast:~Then to Armida said, "
19  XVII|  Prince of Est, that did the sceptre sway~O'er such as chose
20  XVII|     great race,~To enjoy the sceptre, state and heritage;~The
21  XVII|      age;~For far above each sceptre, throne and crown,~The noble
22  XVII|       or could,~The sword or sceptre use or guide the same,~To