Not long Rinaldo paused: he cried, "I plight My promise not to balk thee of the fray;
And, for I deem thou art a valiant knight, And lest thou umbrage take at mine array, These shall go on before, nor other wight, Beside a page, to hold my horse, shall stay."
So spake Mount Alban's lord; and to his band, To wend their way the warrior gave command.
