Canto

 1     9|       with his spouse~Departs Bireno, to repeat his vows.~ ~ ~
 2     9|  wedlock's holy band.~ ~ XXV~"Bireno hardly from our court was
 3     9|       to our nuptials prayed,~Bireno in Biscay (the tidings went)~
 4     9|    Who the sad news should to Bireno tell:~While he toils sore
 5     9|       wretched remnant quell.~Bireno, who knew nought of this,
 6     9|       wedding's care,~To meet Bireno's squadron puts to sea,~
 7     9|      slain:~And he had killed Bireno, since he knew~No other
 8     9|     upon me,~He may not loose Bireno, and the knight~Have not
 9     9|   will not satiate be;~But by Bireno neither less nor more~Will
10     9|    king I stand,~No longer he Bireno shall detain;~Nor, after
11     9|     made,~That from his bonds Bireno shall be freed~When I am
12     9|      Of her foul foe, to have Bireno freed;~He will save both
13     9|  released from his captivity,~Bireno to full freedom to restore.'~
14     9|      guidance bound,~Followed Bireno's cousin from his lands:~
15     9|    gate, their entrance made;~Bireno to the count with courtesy~
16     9|      to tell~How she caressed Bireno, he the maid, --~What thanks
17     9|       wends~Upon the very day Bireno weighed;~But he to nothing
18    10| ARGUMENT~Another love assails Bireno's breast,~Who leaves one
19    10|   mutual love deserve reward,~Bireno as himself, nay, he above~
20    10|      or thought.~ ~ IV~If her Bireno loved, as she had loved~
21    10|       loved, as she had loved~Bireno, if her love he did repay~
22    10|    Friesland state;~That with Bireno's brother was to wed,~As
23    10|       The truth, a longing in Bireno bred~The sight of food so
24    10|     expands and grows.~To say Bireno loved the youthful queen~
25    10|        XII~Than that which on Bireno's bosom fed,~And to his
26    10|      a new.~ ~ XIII~Nor feels Bireno mere satiety;~He loathes
27    10|     dimmed by clouds obscure!~Bireno's actions, impious and profane,~
28    10|       for dread.~Thence, with Bireno, where a tent was pight~
29    10|     strain~To reach her loved Bireno, but in vain.~ ~ XXI~She
30    10|     thing in sight.~She calls Bireno, and the caverns round,~
31    10|     round,~Pitying her grief, Bireno's name rebound.~ ~ XXIII~
32    10|       not we~At rising? False Bireno! cursed day~That I was born!
33    11|     who~Had done it, -- false Bireno -- that among~All men should
34    11|   been tried;~And how she for Bireno kin and geer~Had lost, and
35    11|          LXXII~I do not think Bireno ever viewed~Naked that beauteous
36    11|    such a shame~Put upon her, Bireno should repent;~But, that
37    11|     war delayed,~Until by him Bireno's blood was spilt:~A punishment