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Rinaldo

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THE ARGUMENT.
  

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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.