Marphisa would not such a course pursue:
Nay, the redoubted damsel hearing said That Agramant, subdued by Charles's crew, -- His choicest warriors taken, chased, or dead-- In Arles was sheltered with his broken few, Thither, unbidden by the monarch, sped, Prompt to assist him with her friendly blade;
And proffered purse and person in his aid.
