THE ARGUMENT.
Godfrey
, General of the Christian Forces
in the Expedition against the Saracens,
to engage the Assistance of Rinaldo a famous
Hero of those Times; promises to give him his
Daughter Almirena, when the City of Jerusalem
shou'd fall into his Hands. The Christians
with Rinaldo at their Head, conquer Palestine,
and besiege its King Argantes in That City.
Armida an Amazonian Enchantress, in Love
with, and belov'd by Argantes, contrives by
Magick, to entrap Rinaldo in an Enchanted
Castle, whence, after much Difficulty, being
deliver'd by Godfrey, he returns to the Army,
takes Jerusalem, converts Argantes and Armida
to the Christian Faith, and Marries Almirena,
according to the Promise of her Father
Godfrey.
