But he makes answer with a massy spear, Out of ten others chosen as the best;
And levelling at the buckler of the peer, For greater surety, pierces plate and breast.
'Twixt rib and rib, it bored the cavalier, Issuing a palm behind. To all the rest, The king excepted, welcome was the blow:
For each was greedy Salinterno's foe.
