NOTES TO CANTO XV.
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Which, (’twas believed) the warrior’s relicts were,
Who freed the damsel from that dragon old;
Spoils, which Sir Sansonet, with many more,
From Joppa, when he took the city, bore.
Stanza xcviii. lines 5, 6, 7, 8.
That is of St. George, our tutelary saint.
For his misfortune, one of lovely feature
Sir Gryphon worshipped, Origilla hight.
Stanza ci. lines 1 and 2.
Origilla makes a very conspicuous figure in Boiardo as a worthless coquette. See the Innamorato, book i.; in which she seduces even the lover of Angelica from his allegiance, and the contrast between her malice and Orlando’s simplicity is infinitely comic.
