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tions of "Jerusalem Delivered," especially in 

 connection with the slaying by Raymond of 

 Aladine, the cruel old king. The stirring de- 

 scription of this incident, and of the planting of 

 the Christian standard upon the tower of David 

 by Raymond, is to be found in the twentieth 

 book ; but as we know that the Holy Land was 

 being ruled by the Caliph of Egypt at the very 

 time Raymond is supposed to have been attacking 

 King Aladine, it at once becomes obvious that 

 the narrative must have been fictitious. 



"The Faerie Queene" is another classic in 

 which we find interesting allusions to horses, 

 mostly the horses of romance. 



One of the best known of these animals is 

 Brigadore, called sometimes Brigliadore, which 

 belonged to Sir Guyon, and was remarkable for 

 a black mark in its mouth, in shape like a horse- 

 shoe. 



Sir Guyon, who impersonated Temperance or 

 Self-Government, was the companion of Prudence, 

 and he alludes several times to Brigadore. His 

 fame, as most scholars will remember, rests in 

 a great measure upon his destruction of the 

 enchantress, Acrasia, in the bower called the 

 Bower of Bliss, which was situated in the Wander- 

 ing Island. 



