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Then she turns to die in solitude.

Rinaldo follows, and stays her in the suicidal act.

Despised and rejected as she is, she cannot hate him.

The man she had entangled in her wiles has conquered and subdued her nature.
To the now repentant minister of hell he proposes baptism; and Armida consents: Si parla, e prega; e i preghi bagna e scalda Or di lagrime rare, or di sospiri: Onde, siccome suol nevosa falda Dov'arde il sole, o tepid' aura spiri, Cosi l'ira che in lei parea si salda, Solvesi, e restan sol gli altri desiri.
_Ecco l'ancilla tua_; d'essa a tuo senno Dispon, gli disse, e le fia legge il cenno (xx.

136).
[Footnote 76: I may incidentally point out how often this motive has supplied the plot to modern ballets.] This metamorphosis of the enchantress into the woman in Armida, is the climax of the _Gerusalemme_.