body.

"Friend! thou hast won; I pardon thee, and O
Forgive thou me! I fear not for this clay,
But my dark soul--pray for it, and bestow
The sacred rite that laves all stains away:"
Like dying hymns heard far at close of day,
Sounding I know not what in the sooth'd ear
Of sweetest sadness, the faint words make way
To his fierce heart, and, touch'd with grief sincere,
Streams from his pitying eye th' involuntary tear.

Such a request cannot be disregarded, so, although Tancred is frantic
with grief at the thought of having slain his beloved, he hurries to a
neighboring stream, draws water in his helmet, and, after baptizing
his dying sweetheart, swoons over her body. His companions, finding
him there, convey him and Clorinda's body to his tent, where they
vainly try to rouse him, but he is so overcome with melancholy that he
thinks of nothing but joining Clorinda in her tomb.

_Canto XIII._ Meantime the foe, having heard of Clorinda's death, vow
to avenge her, while the Crusaders seek materials to reconstruct their
towers. Hastening to a forest near by, they discover a wizard has cast
such a spell upon it that all who try to enter are frightened away.
Finally Tancred enters this place, and, although he is met by
earthquakes and other portents, he disregards them all, and starts to
cut down a tree. But, when blood gushes from its stem, and when
Clorinda's voice informs him he has wounded her again, he flees
without having accomplished his purpose. Heat and drought now cause
further desertions and discourage the Crusaders, until Godfrey, full
of faith in the justice of their cause, prays so fervently that rain
is vouchsafed them.

_Canto XIV._ In a dream Godfrey is now admonished to proceed, and
told, if he can only persuade Rinaldo to return, Jerusalem will soon
fall into the hands of the Christians. Because no one knows where
Rinaldo has gone, Godfrey despatches two knights in quest of him.
After some difficulty they interview a wizard, who, after exhibiting
to them his magic palace, tells them Armida, to punish Rinaldo for
rescuing his companions from her clutches, has captured him by magic
means and borne him off to her wonderful garden in the Fortunate
Isles. The hermit then bestows upon them a golden wand which will
defeat all enchantments, and bids them hasten to the Fortunate Isles.

_Canto XV._ Hastening off to the sea-shore armed with this golden
wand, these two knights f