XLV.
“He called him to his side, and willed him take
“His arms; and to the place at evening led:
“Yet not his secret purpose would he break;
“Nor this to him, or other would have read:
“Him a stone’s throw removed he placed, and spake:
‘—Come if thou hearest me cry,’ the warrior said;
‘But as thou lovest me (whatsoe’er befall)
‘Come not and move not, brother, till I call.’
XLVI.
‘Doubt not’ (the valiant brother said) ‘but go;’
“And thither went that baron silently,
“And hid within the lonely house, and low,
“Over against my secret gallery.
“On the other side approached the fraudful foe,
“So pleased to work Geneura’s infamy;
“And, while I nothing of the cheat divine,
“Beneath my bower renews the wonted sign.
XLVII.
“And I in costly robe, in which were set
“Fair stripes of gold upon a snowy ground,
“My tresses gathered in a golden net,
“Shaded with tassels of vermillion round,
“Mimicking fashions, which were only met
“In fair Geneura, at the accustomed sound,
“The gallery mount, constructed in such mode,
“As upon every side my person showed.
