He dressed as a pagan knight to be able to pass by the Parisian guard and in the middle of the night, he went looking for her. In the meantime, Angelica, which was hiding, was found by Ruggiero. She was almost sacrificed but Ruggiero managed to save her after which she runs away again.
While Angelica was running away she met Medoro, a shepherd who was wounded and she decided to take care of him. After some times she fell in love with him, they got married and carved their names into a tree.
Orlando was looking for her and when he saw the two names carved in the tree he knew that he had lost her forever. Orlando was furious; he ripped his clothes off and went on wondering the world. Orlando was saved by Astolfo who was headed for the moon on the Hippogriff. The furious Orlando took a breath from the bottle, passed out and woke up bright again. Orlando and Astolfo joined forces, went to Africa and defeated Agramante. In the meantime, Ruggiero joined the Saracens and went to a battle against Rinaldo.
Saracens attacked the Christians and Ruggiero ran away to a deserted island where he became a Christian. He was saved by Orlando. After Ruggiero became a Christian, Bradamante finally had a chance to be with him. He also killed the main enemy of the Christians. During all of that, the siege of Paris was still going on. Agramante planted a fire but a miraculous rain saved the city. Then a plot twist occurs. Rinaldo comes as the head of a Christian army that defeats the attackers.
There are many realistic and magical moments which are so elaborated that they could be perceived as little novels. The stories are about brave knights who did great deeds, warriors who were in love, magician, castles, and journeys. It was the background for every other event in the epic.
The storytelling goes from a war theme to a love theme and we can spot a lot of different characters. Orlando and Rinaldo fought for her love. Charlemagne decided to give her hand to the best knight that will kill more pagans. The relationships between Rinaldo, Orlando, and Angelica are very complicated. Angelica hates Rinaldo, even though she used to be in love with him. Afterward, they changed the wells so did their feelings. Now Rinaldo was crazy about Angelica just like Orlando.
Both of them start fighting for her love just as soon as she runs away. On his search for Angelica Rinaldo goes through a lot and in the end he drinks water from a magic source and his love goes away. Angelica used the battles to escape and come back home. On her way she encountered Rinaldo and the two of them stumbled upon a Saracen knight. While he and Rinaldo engage in a fight she ran away.
As she ran away she found herself in front of another man that was in love with her and his name was Sacripante. She asked him to help her but Rinaldo catches up to her and engages in another battle. She runs away again. After asking around she found out that he was held captive in the Pyrenees. With the help of some magician and a magic ring, she manages to save him. Ruggiero then got on the flying Hippogriff and went to the land of Alcine where he finds Orlando, Rinaldo, and the enchanted Astolfo.
Bradamante calms down. As the other Christian knights are enjoying a little peace after the defeat of their enemy, Rinaldo is still torn by his love of Angelica, and sends a hundred men to find out what has happened to her.
In the end, he goes to Malagigi and asks him. Malagigi tells Rinaldo what has happened, and how the knight must now get over it. Rinaldo leaves Paris alone, shunning any companion. When Rinaldo rides deep into the Forest of the Ardennes, a shadow covers the sun, and he sees a female monster emerge from a cave. She has a thousand lidless eyes, a thousand ears, and a mass of snakes instead of hair she is a personification of jealousy. For the first time in his life, Rinaldo is afraid, although he stands his ground holding his sword.
The monster then leaps at him, but each time that he tries to strike her with his sword, it passes through thin air. Then a passing cavalier comes to his rescue, and removes the monster with a single blow with his lance. When she springs back up, the cavalier rains blows on her using his mace, allowing Rinaldo to make his getaway at last. The monster is driven back down to the Abyss, where she devours herself. Rinaldo asks his rescuer his name, but he witholds that for the moment. The two ride together to a fountain, the one which removes love, from which Angelica had much earlier drunk and was made to hate Rinaldo as a result.
They dismount, and Rinaldo drinks from the fountain, quenching both his thirst and his love for Angelica. At that the cavalier reveals that he is Scorn, who has freed the knight from his burden. The cavalier and his horse then vanish. Now that he is cured of his obsessive love for Angelica, Rinaldo decides to continue his mission to Sericana to recover his horse Baiardo, which is a matter of honour.
He therefore decides to divert through the Alps down to Italy, changing his horse and guide every ten miles to set a ferocious pace as far as the River Po, where he considers whether to stop for the night. There on the bank of the river, Rinaldo is approached by a lord who asks if he is married, then invites him to stay the night, so that he can show Rinaldo what all married men would love to see.
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