Excerpt from La Gerusalemme Liberata Cantos I, II: With Introduction and Notes The episode of the First Crusade is so well known, and has been so often and fully related', that I do not purpose to do more than give a very brief outline of the events. All necessary details, especially those in which Tasso has diverged from historical truth, will be found in the Notes, under the names of the more celebrated leaders and places. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.