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Wisely advising. Him the Chief replied:"Well hast thou said; and, Talbot, if our swords 530Could thro' the thickest ranks this Sorceress reach,The hopes of France were blasted. I have stroveIn many a field, yet never to a foeStoop'd my proud crest: nor difficult to meetThis wizard girl, for from the battlements, 535Her have I mark'd the foremost in attack,Playing right valiantly the soldier's part;Yet shall not all her witcheries availTo blunt my good sword's edge."Thus communed they, And thro' the host the gladdening tidings ran, 540That they should seek the Tournelles. Then their hearts Gathered new strength, placing on those strong walls Dependence; empty hope! nor the strong wall, Nor the deep moat can save, if Fear within Palsy the soldier's arm.Them issuing forth, 545As from the river's banks they past along,

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