text:  Vehement capricious and irascible he disturbs like Achilles the council of the chiefs by his wrath and is seduced by the beauty of Armida to abandon the cause of the cross; yet even in her enchanted gardens and when surrounded by all that can fascinate the imagination and allure the senses the sparks of a noble nature are not extinct in his breast; he is recalled to his duty by the sight of her warriors; he flies the arms of the syren; he penetrates with invincible courage the enchanted forest; and when he descends purified from the stains of the world from the lofty mountain on whose summit at sunrise he had dedicated himself to God he is the worthy and invincible champion of the cross