Marphisa would not such a course pursue:

  Nay, the redoubted damsel hearing said

  That Agramant, subdued by Charles's crew,

  — His choicest warriors taken, chased, or dead —

  In Arles was sheltered with his broken few,

  Thither, unbidden by the monarch, sped,

  Prompt to assist him with her friendly blade;

  And proffered purse and person in his aid.