That now I weene Joves dreaded thunder light Does fcorch not halfe fo fore, nor damned ghofte In flaming Phlegeton does not fo felly rofte. 450
Which when as Archimago heard, his griefe He knew right well, and him attonce disarmd; Then fearcht his fecret woundes, and made a priefe Of every place, that was with bruzing harmd, Or with the hidden fier inly warmd : . 455 Which doen, he balmes and herbes thereto ap- plyde,
And evermore with mightie fpels them charmd, That in fhort space he has them qualifyde, And him reftor'd to helth, that would have algates dyde.
The charmes and Spirits false therein which lie, Rinaldo chafeth from the forrest old—
Ir was the time when gainst the breaking day Rebellious night yet ftrove, and still repined; For in the east appear'd the morning gray, And yet fome lampes in Joves high pallace shined, When to mount Olivet he tooke his way, And faw (as round about his eies he twined)
Born 15. dyed 16... This translation is ftanza V'. 15. he.] Rinaldo.
for ftanza after the original.
Nights fhadowes hence, from thence the morn
This bright, that darke; that earthly, this divine,
Thus to himfelfe he thought, how many bright And splendant lamps shine in heav'ns temple hie! 10 Day hath his golden fun, her moone the night, Her fixt and wandring stars the azure skie, So framed all by their creators might,
That ftill they live and shine, and nere shall die, Till (in a moment) with the last daies brand 15 They burne, and with them burnes fea, aire and land.
Thus as he mufed, to the top he went,
And there kneeld downe with reverence and feare, His eies upon heav'ns eaftren face he bent, His thoughts above all heav'ns uplifted weare: 20 The finnes and errours (which I now repent) Of mine unbridled youth, O father deare, Remember not, but let thy mercy fall, And purge my faults, and mine offences all.
Thus praied he with purple wings upflew: In golden weed the mornings luftie queene,
Begilding (with the radiant beames the threw) His helme, his harneffe and the mountaine greene;
Upon his breft and forehead gently blew
The aire, that balme and nardus breath'd unfeene, And ore his head, let downe from cleerest skies, A cloud of pure and precious dew there flies.
The heav'nly dew was on his garments spred, To which compar'd, his clothes pale afhes feame, And fpinkled fo, that all that palene ffe fled, And thence of pureft white bright raies outftreame: So cheered are the flowres late withered, With the sweete comfort of the morning beame; And fo returnd to youth, a ferpent old Adornes her felfe in new and native gold.
The lovely whiteneffe of his changed weed The prince perceived well, and long admirde; Toward the forreft marcht he on with speed, Refolv'd, as fuch adventures great requir'de ; Thither he came, whence fhrinking backe, for dreed Of that ftrange defarts fight, the first retir'de; But not to him fearefull or loathsome made That forreft was, but fweete with pleasant shade.
Forward he past, and in the grove before
He heard a found that ftrange, fweete, pleafing was
. 46. the firft.] Tancred, who had already essayed this adventure.
There roll'd a christall brooke with gentle rore, There figh'd the windes as through the leaves they
There did the nightingale her wrongs deplore, There fung the fwan, and finging dide, alas! There lute, harpe, cittren, humaine voice he hard, - And all these founds one found right well declard.
A dreedfull thunder clap at last he hard, The aged trees and plants welnie that rent; Yet heard he nymphes and firens afterward, Birdes, windes, and waters fing, with sweete consent: Whereat amazd he staid, and well prepard For his defence, needfull and flow foorth went; Nor in his way his paffage ought withstood, Except a quiet, ftill, tranfparent flood.
On the greene banks which that faire ftreame in
Flowers and odours fweetely fmilde and fmeld, Which reaching out his stretched armes around, All the large defart in his bosome held, And through the grove one channell paffage found, That, in the wood; in that, the forrest dweld: 70 Trees clad the ftreams; ftreames greene thofe
And fo exchangd their moisture and their fhade,
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