As said, in act to go Rogero stood;
And, having taken leave, the cavalier Withdraws his trenchant faulchion from the wood, Which holds no more the weapon, as whilere.
When, sounding loud amid that solitude, A cry, not distant far, arrests the peer.
Then thitherward he with those damsels made, Prompt, if 'twere needed, to bestow his aid.
