So saying, to his guests the cavalier

  Alphonso, of Pescara hight, displayed:

  "Who in a thousand feats will shine more clear

  Than the resplendent carbuncle," he said.

  "Behold, deceived by faithless treaty, here,

  Mid snares by the malignant Aethiop laid,

  Transfixt with deadly dart the warrior lies,

  In whom the age's worthiest champion dies."