Sericane's monarch, having with his hand Equipt the king of Tartary all o'er, Approached to gird him with that sovereign brand, With which Orlando went adorned of yore.
When Durindana on the hilt he scanned, Graved with the quartering that Almontes wore;
Which from that wretched man, beside a font, Youthful Orlando reft in Aspramont.
