CCXXVII.

Barons of France make up the tenth. They are

One hundred thousand captains 'mong the best;

Hardy and stout, of features proud, hair flecked

With gray, and beard all white; in hauberk clad

And linèd coat of mails, girt with their swords

Of Spain and France; for shelter, brilliant shields

With various blazons decked, among them known.

They mount their steeds and clamor for the fight:

"Montjoie!" they cry.—Comes now Carlemagne the king!

Geffrei d'Anjou bears up the oriflamme

Called Roman once, but since the day Saint Pierre

Made it a standard, it is named Montjoie.

Aoi.

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