XXXVI.
“Are you (she said) so daring and so kind,
“As kind and daring you appear in show,
“Venge me of him that has my lord confined,
“And makes me wander thus, opprest with woe,
“For love of Heaven; or teach me where to find
“At least a knight who can resist the foe,
“And of such skill that little boot shall bring
“His bridge and river to the pagan king.
XXXVII.
“Besides that so you shall achieve an end,
“Befitting courteous man and cavalier,
“You will employ your valour to befriend
“The faithful lest of lovers far and near.
“His other virtues I should ill commend,
“So many and so many, that whoe’er
“Knoweth not these, may well be said to be
“One without ears to hear or eyes to see.”
XXXVIII.
The high-minded maid, to whom aye welcome are
All noble quests, by which she worthily
May hope a great and glorious name to bear,
Straight to the paynim’s bridge resolves to hie;
And now so much the more—as in despair—
Wends willingly, although it were to die:
In that she, ever with herself at strife,
Deeming Rogero lost, detested life.
