One and the self-same tongue first wounded me, 463 So that it tinged the one cheek and the other, And then held out to me the medicine; Thus do I hear that once Achilles’ spear, 464 His and his father’s, used to be the cause First of a sad and then a gracious boon. We turned our backs upon the wretched valley, Upon the bank that girds it round about, Going across it without any speech. There it was less than night, and less than day, So that my sight went little in advance; But I could hear the blare of a loud horn, So loud it would have made each thunder faint, Which, counter to it following its way, Mine eyes directed wholly to one place. After the dolorous discomfiture 465 When Charlemagne the holy emprise lost, So terribly Orlando sounded not. 466 Short while my head turned thitherward I held When many lofty towers I seemed to see,