Armida

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 426

Armida, in Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, was a very beautiful sorceress, employed to seduce Rinaldo, and other Crusaders, as they approached the Holy City. Her witchcraft was after a struggle overcome by Rinaldo, who then confessed his love to her, and persuaded her to become a Christian.

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