Jerusalem Delivered: An English Prose Version

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Jerusalem Delivered The angel Michael shows Godfrey the winged militia of Heaven assisting the Crusaders (18.92). An engraving by Bernardo Castello in a 1617 Genoese edition of the poem, in the Purdy Library,Wayne State University. Jerusalem Delivered T O R Q U A T O T A S S O An English Prose Version Translated and,Edited byRalph Nash w Wayne State University Press D E T R O I T Copyright© 1987 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. ISBN-I3: 978-0-8143-1830-0 ISBN-io: 0-8143-1830-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tasso, Torquato, 1544—1595. Jerusalemdelivered. Translation of: Gerusalemmeliberata. Bibliography: p. Includes index. i. Godfrey, of Bouillon, ca. 1060—HOO—Poetry. 2. Crusades, First, 1096-1099—Poetry. I. Nash, Ralph, 1925- II. Title. PQ4642.E2lNj7 1987 851'.4 86-32607 ISBN: 0-8143-1829-0 ISBN 0-8143-1830-4 (pbk.) ...