As she fled, Angelica met Sacripant, an eastern lover who
had followed her to France, and put herself under his pro-
tection. But when Sacripant was first defeated by Brada-
mant and then engaged in battle with the pursuing Rinaldo,
she deenied herself safer without him and fled ; and presently
a page appeared, a shade conjured there by a hermit ma-
gician whom Angelica had met, and announced to the
warriors that Orlando had appeared and carried the maid
to Paris.
THE STORY OF THE ORLANDO FURIOSO. 395

Rinaldo immediately hastened to Paris, to find Orlando
absent and, Charlemagne, defeated by the Moors, entrench-
ing himself in the city and preparing to send to England
for aid. Rinaldo must be his ambassador, and that without
a day's delay.
Frantic with jealousy, Rinaldo leaped into a ship in the
midst of a storm, and hastened on his errand. Driven upon
the coast of Scotland, he won the king's gratitude by saving
his daughter Ginevra from shame and death, and secured
from him a promise of all the horsemen and arms that
could be spared. He was equally successful in England,
and was soon reviewing the troops preparatory to their
embarkation.
