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 1     I|     threatened and defied.~ ~ LXIV~The glorious standard last
 2    II|   about her elm is twined.~ ~ LXIV~"Receive therefore in that
 3   III|      father, and my king."~ ~ LXIV~Thus talked they; meanwhile
 4    IV| kingdom lost again to win.~ ~ LXIV~"For lo a knight, that had
 5     V| strong it was not entered.~ ~ LXIV~The dame who thought that
 6    VI|       her weak bosom made.~ ~ LXIV~But when she saw the end,
 7   VII|     Christ himself defies!~ ~ LXIV~"Or as I was when all the
 8  VIII|      bridle none can hold.~ ~ LXIV~"So much we suffered have
 9    IX|   proud, rebellious still?~ ~ LXIV~"The Lord hath sworn to
10     X|        and richly wrought.~ ~ LXIV~"Under the curtain of the
11    XI|    ere his lips it passed.~ ~ LXIV~Upon their foes unlooked-for
12   XII|        and blood on blood.~ ~ LXIV~But now, alas, the fatal
13  XIII|     scalding fire suck in.~ ~ LXIV~Thus languished the earth,
14   XIV| spoiled with every shower.~ ~ LXIV~" `But let your happy souls
15    XV|        and soldiers blest.~ ~ LXIV~"The fields for combat here
16   XVI|    avail vain words, alas?~ ~ LXIV~"O fool! thou shouldest
17  XVII|    doth it fettered hold."~ ~ LXIV~Thus parleyed he; Rinaldo,
18 XVIII|  walls did westward twine.~ ~ LXIV~But when amid the eastern
19   XIX|      these words engrave:~ ~  LXIV~" `These arms Ormondo took
20    XX|       grant it do no harm:~ ~ LXIV~She bids the reed return
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