iv.).
a riveder le stelle (iv.

18: _Inf._ xxxiv.).
Ond' e ch'or tanto ardire in voi s'alletti?
(ix.

76: _Inf._ ix.) A guisa di leon quando si posa (x.

56: _Purg._ vi.) e guardi e passi (xx.

43: _Inf._ in.) As in the _Rinaldo_, so also in the _Gerusalemme_, Tasso's classical proclivities betrayed him into violation of the clear Italian language.
Afraid of what is natural and common, he produced what is artificial and conceited.