Canto VIII (after Stanza 32)
Canto VIII
“In such unfairest odds and chance of fray One of our soldiers was begirt by foes; But he, by valour more than mail, makes way And of true warrior-heart fair ’surance shows; Slain the near charger with his sabre-sway Its rider’s head upon the plain he throws;— Brave sworder-feat!—and, pace by pace, he leaveth Arear the foeman whom such exploit grieveth.”
Canto X (after Stanza 72)
Canto VIII (after Stanza 36)
Canto X (after Stanza 73)
Canto X (after Stanza 141)
“Hence shall he wend his way, and end the light Of Life, when landed on that fatal Isle: Nor less his vent’urous Fleet shall wing her flight Returning homeward from such miracle; The far-famed ship ‘Victória’ men shall sight Anchored in safest waters by Sevile, When she had girdled Ocean-plain profound And circled Earth in one continuous round.”