— Cadurci, and Cahors city left behind —

  Bradamant sees the mountain, far and near,

  Whence Dordogne's waters to the valley wind;

  And Montferrant's and Clermont's towers appear:

  When she, a lady fair, of semblance kind,

  Beholds, by that same road, towards her steer.

  Three knights were nigh, and — at the pommel hung —

  A buckler from the damsel's saddle swung.