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"Ben furo avventurosi i cavalieri / Ch' erano a quella eta, che nei vallone, / Nelle scure spelonche e boschi fieri, / Tane di serpi, d'orsi e di leoni, / Trovavan quel che nei palazzi altieri / Appena or trovar pon giudici buoni; / Donne che nella lor piu fresca etade / Sien degne di aver titol di beltade. " / Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, can. xiii. 1.
When Walter de Montreal and his mercenaries quitted Corneto, they made / the best of their way to Rome; arriving there, long before the Barons, / they met with a similar reception at the gates, but Montreal prudently / forbore all attack and menace, and contented himself with sending his / trusty Rodolf into the city to seek Rienzi, and to crave permission / to enter with his troop. Rodolf returned in a shorter time than was / anticipated. "Well," said Montreal impatiently, "you have the order I / suppose. Shall we bid them open the gates?"