r three months by way of punishment, and
deposited in the moon. Astolpho went to the moon in Elijah's chariot,
and St. John gave him "the lost wits" in an urn. On reaching France
Astolpho bound the madman, then, holding the urn to his nose, the wits
returned to their nidus, and the hero was himself again. After this, the
siege was continued, and the Christians were wholly successful. (See
ORLANDO INNAMORATO.)--Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_ (1516).

[Asterism] This romance in verse extends to forty-six cantos. Hoole, in
his translation, has compressed the forty-six cantos into twenty-four
books; but Rose has retained the original number. The adventures of
Orlando, under the French form "Roland," are related by Turpin in his
_Chronicle_, and by Th['e]roulde in his _Chanson de Roland_.

[Asterism] The true hero of Ariosto's romance is Rog[=e]ro, and not
Orlando. It is with Rogero's victory over Rodomont that the poem ends.
The concluding lines are:

Then at full stretch he [_Rogero_] raised his arm above
The furious Rodomont, and the weapon drove
Thrice in his gaping throat--so ends the strife,
And leaves secure Rogero's fame and life.

=Orlando Innamora'to=, or _Orlando in love_, in three books, by Count
Bojardo, of Scandiano, in Italy (1495). Bojardo supposes Charlemagne to
be warring against the Saracens in France, under the walls of Paris. He
represents the city to be besieged by two infidel hosts--one under
Agramant[^e], emperor of Africa, and the other under Gradasso, king of
Sirica'na. His hero is Orlando, whom he supposes (though married at the
time to Aldebella) to be in love with Angelica, a fascinating coquette
from Cathay, whom Orlando had brought to France. (See ORLANDO FURIOSO.)

[Asterism] Berni of Tuscany, in 1538, published a burlesque in verse on
the same subject.

=Orleans=, a most passionate innamorato, in love with Agripy'na.--Thomas
Dekker, _Old Fortunatus_ (1600).

Orleans talks "pure Biron and Romeo;" he is almost as poetical as
they, quite as philosophical, only a little madder.--C. Lamb.

("Biron," in Shakespeare's _Love's Labor's Lost_; "Romeo," in his _Romeo
and Juliet_.)

_Orleans_ (_Gaston, duke of_), brother of Louis XIII. He heads a
conspiracy to assassinate Richelieu and dethrone the king. If the plot
had been successful, Gaston was to have been made regent; but the
conspiracy was discovered, and the duke was thwarted in his ambitious
plans.--Lord Lytto