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Chapter XXXVIII · Chapter 38

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CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

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Chapter XXXVIII

Chapter 38

Chapter 38 of Orlando Furioso is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore. Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows. Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer. At home his wound detains Sir Olivier. CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

Orlando Furioso

Chapter XXXVIII · Chapter 38

Chapter 38 of Orlando Furioso is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

Line 2

Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

Line 3

Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

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At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

Line 5

CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

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a

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From this reading Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

and

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

At

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From this reading At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

away

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

be

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

black

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

bore

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

Brandimart

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

burned

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

burning

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

By

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

ceremonies

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

closely

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

CLXXIX

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

CLXXX

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

detains

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From this reading At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

different

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

eve

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

evermore

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

eyes

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

face

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From this reading Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

followed

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

for

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

given

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

gladder

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From this reading Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

goes

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

His

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home

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From this reading At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

hundreds

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

in

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

like

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

long

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

Mantled

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

mantles

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

many

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

Montalban's

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From this reading Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

more

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

mourned

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

muffled

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

next

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

Nor

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From this reading Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

of

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

Olivier

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From this reading At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

or

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

Ordained

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

others

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

peer

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From this reading Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

purple

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

rather

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

red

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

Roland

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

sables

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

say

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

shows

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

Sir

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From this reading At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

steps

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

suffused

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

tasks

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

that

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

the

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

those

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

to

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

torches

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

verse

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

was

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

wears

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From this reading Nor wears a gladder face Montalban's peer.

weeping

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

were

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

wherewith

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

which

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

Who

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From this reading CLXXIX By hundreds and by hundreds followed more, Ordained for different tasks, the steps of those; Who burning torches like those others bore.

with

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From this reading Mantled, say rather closely muffled, goes Roland in sables next, and evermore His eyes suffused and red with weeping shows.

would

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From this reading CLXXX The ceremonies would be long to say In verse, wherewith Sir Brandimart was mourned; The mantles, black or purple, given away; The many torches which that eve were burned.

wound

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From this reading At home his wound detains Sir Olivier.

Chapter 38 of Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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