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“A King there was in Spain, Afonso hight, who waged such warfare with the Saracen, that by his ’sanguined arms, and arts, and might, he spoiled the lands and lives of many men. When from Hercùlean Calpè winged her flight his fame to Caucasus Mount and Caspian glen, many a Knight, who noblesse coveteth, comes off’ering service to such King and Death.