LXXII.
“Rogero, Gambaron, Buovo hence succeed;
“And that Rogero, second of the name,
“Who filled our fruitful mother with his seed;
“As thou Atlantes may’st have heard proclaim.
“Of our fair lineage many a noble deed
“Shalt thou hear blazed abroad by sounding Fame.”
‘Of Agolant’s inroad next the stripling told,
‘With Agramant and with Almontes bold;
LXXIII.
‘And how a lovely daughter, who excelled
‘In feats of arms, that king accompanied;
‘So stout she many paladins had quelled;
‘And how, in fine, she for Rogero sighed;
‘And for his love against her sire rebelled;
‘And was baptized, and was Rogero’s bride;
‘And how a traitor loved (him Bertram name)
‘His brother’s wife with an incestuous flame;
LXXIV.
‘And country, sire, and brethren two betrayed,
‘Hoping he so the lady should have won;
‘How Risa open to the foe he laid,
‘By whom all scathe was on those kinsmen done;
‘How Agolant’s two furious sons conveyed
‘Their mother, great with child, and six months gone,
‘Aboard a helmless boat, and with its charge,
‘In wildest winter, turned adrift the barge.’
