LXVI.
“If there be room within, to stranger knight
“The castellain gives kindly welcome there;
“But is a lodging claimed by other wight,
“To joust with all new comers makes him swear:
“If none, he need not move; but arm and fight
“He must what stranger thither shall repair;
“And he that worst his warlike arms shall ply,
“Must wander forth beneath the naked sky.
LXVII.
“If two, three, four, or more, seek shelter, they
“That first arrive, in peace their quarters take.
“Who follows, has a harder game to play;
“For war upon those many must he make.
“So, if one only in that mansion stay,
“He with those two, or more, a lance must break,
“Then with as many others as succeed:
“Thus he what strength he has shall sorely need.
LXVIII.
“As well, if wife or maid seek that repair,
“(Is she alone, is she accompanied),
“And afterwards another, the most fair
“Is housed; that other must without abide.”
Bradamant asked the kindly shepherd where
That castle stood; and he with signs replied
As well as words, and pointed with his hand
Where, five or six miles wide, the tower did stand.
