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 That fought at Theb's and Ilium, on each side Mixt with auxiliar Gods; and what resounds In fable or Romance of Uthers sonne Begirt with Brittish and Armoric knights; And all who since, baptiz'd or infidell Jousted in Aspramont or Montalban, Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond, Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore When Charlemain with all his peerage fell By Fontarabbia. Thus farr these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Thir dred Commander: hee above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a towre; his forme had yet not lost All her original brightnesse, nor appear'd Lesse then Archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd: As when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beames; or from behind the moon In dimme eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes Monarchs. Dark'n'd so, yet shon Above them all th' Archangel: but his face Deep scarrs of thunder had intrench't, and care Sat on his faded cheeke, but under browes