Chapter CCXX

These first two cohorts were from out the French
Composed; and after those a third was formed:
The vassals of Baviere--Their numbers mount
To thirty thousand knights who ne'er would blench
Before the foe. Beneath the sky live not
A people dearer to the heart of Carle,
Save those of France, the conquerors of realms.
The Count Ogier de Danemarche, the brave,
Will lead--What beauty sits upon their brows!
Aoi.