Look also for the Theophania Publishing edition of Orlando Furioso.
The beautiful Angelica, daughter of the king of Cataio (Cathay),
comes to Charlemagne's court for a tournament in which both
Christians and pagans can participate. She offers herself as a
prize to whoever will defeat her brother, Argalia, who in so doing
imprisons lots of Christians. But then Ferraguto (aka Ferrau) kills
Argalia and Angelica flees, chased by many paladins, especially
Orlando and Rinaldo. Stopping in the Ardenne forest, she drinks at
the Stream of Love (making her fall in love with Rinaldo), while
Rinaldo drinks at the fount of hate (making him conceive a
passionate hatred of Angelica): first reversal. She asks the
magician Malagigi to kidnap Rinaldo, and the magician brings him to
an enchanted island, while she returns to Cataio where she is
besieged by king Agricane, another of her admirers, in the fortress
of Albracca. Orlando comes to kill Agricane and to free her, and he
succeeds. Afterwards, Rinaldo tries to convince him to return to
France to fight alongside Charlemagne: consequently, Orlando and
Rinaldo duel furiously. In fact, in the meantime the Saracen king
Agramante has invaded France with a massive army (along with
Rodomonte, Ferrau, Gradasso, and many others), to avenge his father
Troiano, previously killed by Orlando. Rinaldo rushes back to
France, chased by Angelica in love with him, in turn chased by
Orlando. Back in the Ardenne forest, this time Rinaldo and Angelica
drink at the opposite founts: second reversal. Orlando and Rinaldo
duel again for Angelica, and Charlemagne decides to entrust her to
the old and wise duke Namo, offering her to the one who will fight
most valorously against the infidels. In the meantime, the Saracen
paladin Ruggiero and Rinaldo's sister, Bradamante, fall in love.
The poem stops there abruptly, with Boiardo's narrator explaining
that he can write no more because Italy has been invaded by French
troops headed by king Charles VIII (Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso"
will reprise from that point).
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