Rodomont brooked no more aboard to stay, But bade them land him, and by Lyons hied;
By Vienne and Valence next took his way, And the rich bridge in Avignon descried.
For these and more, which 'twixt the river lay And Celtiberian hills upon that side, (Theirs, from the day they conquered the champaigne)
Obeyed the kings of Afric and of Spain.
