Beneath the castle, safe from wind and swell, Of many ships and stout, a squadron lay;
Which, in the harbour, at a sound from bell,-- A word, were fit for action, night or day;
And thus by land and sea was battle, fell And furious, waged on part of either fay:
Whence was Alcina's realm turned upside down, Of which she had usurped her sister's crown.
