And me, amid the worthiest shalt thou hear,

  Whom I with fitting praise prepare to grace,

  Record the good Rogero, valiant peer,

  The ancient root of thine illustrious race.

  Of him, if thou wilt lend a willing ear,

  The worth and warlike feats I shall retrace;

  So thou thy graver cares some little time

  Postponing, lend thy leisure to my rhyme.