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BOOK THE FIFTH.

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And tedious, how with many a bold assaultThe men of Orleans rush'd upon their foes;How fell the Tournelles (where in time of peaceJustice had held her seat), and that strong tower^[1] 425That shadowed from the bridge the subject Loire;Tho' numbering now three thousand daring men, Frequent and fierce the garrison repell'dTheir far out-numbring foes. From ev'ry aidIncluded, they in Orleans groan'd beneath 430All ills accumulate. The shatter'd roofsGave to the midnight dews free passage there.And ever and anon with hideous crashSome house fell; starting from his scanty restThe wearied soldier. Thro' the streets were seen 435The frequent fire, and heaps of dead, in hastePiled up and steaming to infected Heaven.

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↑ Line 425. "The bulwark of the Tournelles being much shaken by the besiegers cannon, and the besieged thinking it proper to set it on fire, the English extinguished the flames, and lodged themselves in that post. At the same time they became masters of the tower on the bridge, from whence the whole city could be viewed."Rapin.

[1] Line 425. "The bulwark of the Tournelles being much shaken by the besiegers cannon, and the besieged thinking it proper to set it on fire, the English extinguished the flames, and lodged themselves in that post. At the same time they became masters of the tower on the bridge, from whence the whole city could be viewed."Rapin.

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