LXV.

Rollánd sits on his steed, and nigh him rides His comrade Olivier. There came Gerin, Gerier the brave, Othon and Berengier; There came Sansun, Anseïs 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; "Rollánd's own man am I, and follow him!" From all are chosen twenty thousand knights. Aoi.