Good Turpin, he who knows that he tells true,

  And leaves men to believe what they think right,

  Says of Rogero wondrous things, which you

  Hearing related, would as falsehoods slight.

  Thus, with Marphisa matched, that hostile crew

  Appears like ice, and she like burning light.

  Nor her Rogero with less marvel eyes,

  That she had marked his valour with surprise.