Blancandrin with Count Ganelon rode on,

Until together had they pledged their faith

To snare Rollánd and lead him to his death.

Thus on they rode through vales and mountain-paths,

Till Sarraguce was reached. Beneath a yew

They lighted: a faldstool by shady pines

O'erhung, was spread with Alexandrine silk.

There sat the King who ruled all Spain, and stood

Around him twenty thousand Saracens,

Who neither spoke nor breathed, to hear the news;

And lo! came Blancandrin with Ganelon.

Aoi.