huge giants. The prince is, moreover, fortunate
possessor of a magic lance, one touch of which suffices to unhorse any
opponent, while the princess, by means of an enchanted ring, can
detect and frustrate any spell, or become invisible by putting it in
her mouth. On arriving at Charlemagne's court, Argalio stipulates that
all the knights he defeats shall belong to his sister, whom in return
he offers as prize to any knight able to unhorse him.

Such is the transcendent beauty of Angelica that Argalio is instantly
challenged by Astolfo, who is defeated, and then by Ferrau, who,
although defeated in the first onset, proves victor in the second,
simply because he accidentally seizes the magic lance and directs it
against its owner! Since the laws of the tournament award him the
prize, Angelica, seeing she cannot otherwise escape, rides hastily
away and conceals herself in the forest of Arden. She is, however,
pursued thither by many knights who have been captivated by her
beauty, among whom are Rinaldo (Renaud de Montauban) and Orlando, who
were proposing to challenge her brother next. In the precincts of the
forest where Angelica takes refuge are two magic fountains, one whose
waters instantly transform love into hate, while the other induces any
partaker to love the next person seen.

Prowling around this forest, Rinaldo unsuspectingly quaffs the water
which turns love to hate, so he immediately ceases his quest and falls
asleep. Meantime Angelica, drinking from the other fountain and coming
upon the sleeper, falls madly in love with him and watches for his
awakening. But, still under the influence of the magic waters he has
imbibed, Rinaldo rides away without heeding her timid wooing, and
leaves her to mourn until she too falls asleep.

Orlando, coming up by chance, is gazing in admiration upon this
sleeping princess, when Ferrau rides up to claim her as his prize.
These knights are fighting for her possession when the clash of their
weapons awakens Angelica. Terrified she retreats into the thicket,
and, thrusting her ring into her mouth, becomes invisible! Meantime
the knights continue their duel until a messenger summons Ferrau to
hasten to Spain, where war has broken out.

Angelica, unable to forget Rinaldo since she has partaken of the
waters of love, now induces the magician Malgigi to entice her beloved
to an island over which she reigns, where she vainly tries to win his
affections and to detain him by her s