![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, both Angelica and Ranaldo drink magic waters - Angelica is filled with a burning love for Ranaldo, but Ranaldo is now indifferent.Įventually, Orlando and Ranaldo arrive at Angelica’s castle. When Argalia falls to the heathen knight Ferrau, Angelica flees - with Orlando and Ranaldo in hot pursuit. The two most stricken by her are Orlando and Ranaldo (“Rinaldo” in Rose). However, in order to take her as wife they must first defeat Argalia in combat. Angelica is the most beautiful woman any of the Peers have ever seen, and all want her. To the court of King Charlemagne comes Angelica (daughter to the king of Cathay, or India) and her brother Argalia. This is a brief synopsis of Boiardo’s work, omitting most of the numerous digressions and incidental episodes associated with these events: It begins more or less at the point where Boiardo left it. This work is a continuation of the “Orlando Innamorato” of Matteo Maria Boiardo, which was left unfinished upon the author’s death in 1494. ![]()
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