Canto

 1     5|       rival pair~Their solemn vows upon the Bible seal:~And
 2     5|     Virgin austerity she ever vows;~And other bridal bond for
 3     8|  foeman's hand;~And, but that vows had virtue to allay~The
 4     9| Departs Bireno, to repeat his vows.~ ~ ~ I~What cannot, when
 5    10|     speed,~Heaps promises and vows, aye prompt to swear,~Which
 6    10|     VI~The promises and empty vows dispersed~In air, by winds
 7    11| Holland promises to bear,~And vows till she is to her state
 8    16|    death to save, a subject's vows oblige;~And a famed emperor,
 9    16|      frustrate see their holy vows;~ ~ XXXV~-- "I say, this
10    25|    vision vain.~ ~ XLIV~"What vows she vowed, how oft that
11    25|      wear.~But all the lady's vows were ill appaid,~And haply
12    26| brother of his lady fair;~And vows himself his friend, with
13    27|    deemed her faithful to her vows.~ ~ CXXXV~Except mine host,
14    33|           CXVIII~"Offer these vows to God, to him well due;~
15    34|   planet prey.~Here countless vows, here prayers unnumbered
16    35|      suitors, faithful to her vows,~Penelope a thousand wrongs
17    37|    performed -- to bind their vows~The nuptial ring the bridegroom
18    41|     miracle it is that, as he vows,~He swims more lightly and
19    43|      satisfy her sad desires,~Vows in her heart she thence
20    46|    her legitimately wive:~For vows erewhile have been between
21    46|      for acquittance of their vows.~He deems that courtesy
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