XXIV

  "You see the eighth Charles, amid his martial train,

  The flower of France, through Alpine pass has pressed.

  Who Liris fords, and takes all Naples' reign,

  Yet draws not sword nor lays a lance in rest:

  All, save that rock which — Typheus' endless pain —

  Lies on the giant's belly, arms, and breast:

  By Inigo del Guasto here withstood,

  Derived from Avalo's illustrious blood."

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