He, first of thine and off Rogero’s seed.
Stanza xxiv. line 3.
This Rizieri, whom Ariosto calls Ruggiero, died without a son.
By him king Desiderius shall be pressed.
Stanza xxv. line 1.
Pope Adrian called in Pepin to his assistance against Desiderius the last of the Lombard kings, who was expelled from Italy; and it is for supposed services in this warfare that Rogero, who lived before the time of Charlemagne, is rewarded by that sovereign with the fiefs of Calaon and Este.
Hubert, thy grandson, comes behind.
Stanza xxv. line 5.
Uberto, Count of Este and Commacchio.
Alberto next, unconquered captain, see.
Stanza xxvi. line 1.
Alberto defeated the Emperor Berengarius the first, who had taken Milan. Hugh, spoken of as bearing the serpents, afterwards the symbol of the duchy, was the son of Albert, as stated in the text.
And, his good brother dead, the Insubri sway.
Stanza ssvi. line 6.
The district of Lombardy, in which are situated Milan, Como, Pavia, Lodi, Novara, and Vercelli, the ancient possessions of the Insubri.
