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The sacred armies, and the godly knight,
That the great sepulchre of Christ did free,
I sing.

— Torquato Tasso Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

Canto l'arme pietose e 'l capitano
che 'l gran sepolcro liberò di Cristo.

Original text (Italian)

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Canto I, stanza 1 (tr. Edward Fairfax)

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