"Both of one blood and of one nest they are;

  The foremost is the bold Alphonso's seed,

  Whom, led by that false black into the snare,

  You late beheld in purple torrent bleed.

  You see defeated by his counsel ware,

  How oft the Franks from Italy recede.

  The next, of visage so benign and bright,

  Is lord of Guasto and Alphonso hight;