Chapter LXV

Rolland sits on his steed, and nigh him rides
His comrade Olivier. There came Gerin,
Gerier the brave, Othon and Berengier;
There came Sansun, Anseis the fierce; there came
Also Gerard de Roussillon the old,
Together with the _Gascuin_ Engelier.
The Archbishop said:--"I, by my head, will go!"
"--And I with you," exclaimed the Count Gualtier;
"Rolland's own man am I, and follow him!"
From all are chosen twenty thousand knights.
Aoi.