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    Edmund Spencer: the Faerie Queene (Book I)
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    3. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      Now (sayd the Lady) draweth toward night, And well I wote, that of your later fight Ye all forwearied be: for what so strong, But wanting rest will also want of might?

      Her words are ironic--night doesn't bring rest but only his fight from her.

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    27. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      His Ladie seeing all, that chaunst, from farre Approcht in hast to greet his victorie, And said, Faire knight, borne vnder happy starre, Who see your vanquisht foes before you lye: Well worthy be you of that Armorie,

      The Lady sees everything and says to the Knight that he has shown himself to be worthy of armor.

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    28. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      Deuoure their dam; on whom while so he gazd, Hauing all satisfide their bloudy thurst, Their bellies swolne he saw with fulnesse burst, And bowels gushing forth: well worthy end Of such as drunke her life, the which them nurst; Now needeth him no lenger labour spend, His foes haue slaine themselues, with whom he should contend.

      These little monsters kill themselves without his help and he is happy to see them die.

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    59. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      And knitting all his force got one hand free, Wherewith he grypt her gorge with so great paine, That soone to loose her wicked bands did her constraine.

      The Red Cross Knight manages to free one of his arms and grabs the monster by the throat.

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    60. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      And with his trenchand blade her boldly kept From turning backe, and forced her to stay: Therewith enrag’d she loudly gan to bray, And turning fierce, her speckled taile aduaunst, Threatning her angry sting, him to dismay: Who nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: The stroke down fro[m]; her head vnto her shoulder glaunst.

      She's dazed by the blow, but then becomes even angrier, rushes on top of Red Cross Knight and wraps him up with her tail.

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    61. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      Their dam vpstart, out of her den effraide, And rushed forth, hurling her hideous taile About her cursed head, whose folds displaid Were stretcht now forth at length without entraile. She lookt about, and seeing one in mayle Armed to point, sought backe to turne againe; For light she hated as the deadly bale,

      She hates light so is put off by the shine of his armor.

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    63. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      So pure and innocent, as that same lambe, She was in life and euery vertuous lore, And by descent from Royall lynage came Of ancient Kings and Queenes,

      The lady is just as virtuous as the lamb, and she's from a formerly great and powerful royal family.

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    64. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      For an Historiographer discourseth of affaires orderly as they were done, accounting as well the times as the actions; but a Poet thrusteth into the middest, even where it most concerneth him, and there recoursing to the things forepast, and divining of things to come, maketh a pleasing analysis of all.

      He is explaining the differences between poet and historian.

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    67. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      And euer as he rode, his hart did earne To proue his puissance in battell braue Vpon his foe, and his new force to learne; Vpon his foe, a Dragon horrible and stearne.

      The Red Cross Knight slaying the dragon, illustration to the 1596 edition of The Faerie Queene

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    69. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      But forth vnto the darksome hole he went, And looked in: his glistring armor made A litle glooming light, much like a shade, By which he saw the vgly monster plaine, Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide, But th’other halfe did womans shape retaine, Most lothsom, filthie, foule, and full of vile disdaine.

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    72. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      Be well aware, quoth then that Ladie milde, Least suddaine mischiefe ye too rash prouoke: The danger hid, the place vnknowne and wilde,

      The lady warns him to be careful, reminding them that they have no idea where they are and that danger can lurk anywhere.

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    109. MLitz 04 Jul 2019
      So with the Squire, th’admirer of his might,

      One of the sprites obtains a false dream from Morpheus, the god of sleep; the other takes the shape of Una, the lady accompanying Redcrosse. These sprites go to the knight; one gives him the dream of love and lust. When Redcrosse wakes up in a passion, the other sprite (appearing to be Una) is lying beside him, offering a kiss. The knight, however, resists her temptations and returns to sleep. Archimago then tries a new deception; he puts the sprite disguised as Una in a bed and turns the other sprite into a young man, who lies with the false Una. Archimago then wakes Redcrosse and shows him the two lovers in bed. Redcrosse is furious that "Una" would spoil her virtue with another man, and so in the morning he leaves without her. When the real Una wakes, she sees her knight is gone, and in sorrow rides off to look for him. Archimago, enjoying the fruits of his scheme, now disguises himself as Redcrosse and follows after Una.

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    110. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      She falling before the Queene of Faeries, complayned that her father and mother, an ancient King and Queene, had bene by an huge dragon many yeers shut up in a brazen Castle

      She complains that her father and mother are shut up in a castle by a dragon.

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    113. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      Soone after entred a faire Ladie in mourning weedes, riding on a white Asse, with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed, that bore the Armes of a knight, and his speare in the dwarfes hand.

      The fair lady comes riding on a white ass, accompanied by a dwarf. (Asse = ass, an animal which is related to a horse but which is smaller and has long ears.)

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    114. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      But forth vnto the darksome hole he went, And looked in: his glistring armor made A litle glooming light, much like a shade, By which he saw the vgly monster plaine, Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide, But th’other halfe did womans shape retaine, Most lothsom, filthie, foule, and full of vile disdaine.

      In a cave the Red Cross Knight encounters a horrible creature, half serpent, half woman.

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    115. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      The day with cloudes was suddeine ouercast, And angry Ioue an hideous storme of raine Did poure into his Lemans lap so fast, That euery wight to shrowd it did constrain, And this faire couple eke to shroud the[m]selues were fain.

      Rain falls so heavily and they need to find cover.

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    116. patsymtz 04 Jul 2019
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      Reflection: From what I understood, Faerie Queene represents Queen Elizabeth.This all sounds sort of like mythical stories, especially with the knights. There is so much action, romance and battles. It's like a kids fairy tale story just made a little longer. I believe the author has great imagination and he did an amazing job writing this.

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    132. agranows 04 Jul 2019
      But stings and sharpest steele did far exceed   The sharpnesse of his cruell rending clawes;   Dead was it sure, as sure as death in deed,

      The author always makes a point to vividly describe the deadliest part of the monster the knight is facing.

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    140. agranows 04 Jul 2019
      In which his torment often was so great,   That like a Lyon he would cry and rore,   And rend his flesh, and his owne synewes eat.

      This reminds me of Julian of Norwhich. Where she inflicted pain on herself to be pure.

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    144. agranows 04 Jul 2019
      Through long enprisonment, and hard constraint,   Which he endured in his late restraint,   That yet he was vnfit for bloudie fight:   Therefore to cherish him with diets daint,   She cast to bring him, where he chearen might, Till he recouered had his late decayed plight.

      Redcrosee is a broken knight.

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    150. agranows 04 Jul 2019
      And all about old stockes and stubs of trees,   Whereon nor fruit, nor leafe was euer seene,   Did hang vpon the ragged rocky knees;   On which had many wretches hanged beene,   Whose carcases were scattered on the greene,   And throwne about the cliffs.

      A very detailed scene, that's grotesque and a wasteland.

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    154. agranows 04 Jul 2019
       From mothers pap I taken was vnfit:   And streight deliuered to a Faery knight, To be vpbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might.

      He was taken from his mother and raised his entire life to be a knight.

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    155. agranows 04 Jul 2019
      So as she bad, that witch they disaraid,   And robd of royall robes, and purple pall,   And ornaments that richly were displaid;   Ne spared they to strip her naked all.   Then when they had despoild her tire and call,   Such as she was, their eyes might her behold,   That her misshaped parts did them appall,   A loathly, wrinckled hag, ill fauoured, old, Whose secret filth good manners biddeth not be told.

      They punish the witch by undressing her and discovers her true form, not the form she's masked herself with.

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    157. agranows 04 Jul 2019
       On which true Christians bloud was often spilt,   And holy Martyrs often doen to dye,   With cruell malice and strong tyranny:

      This time we see a very harsh and violent image connected to Christianity.

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    181. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      erfected in the twelve private morall vertues, as Aristotle hath devised

      He declares in the letter that his intention is to present the example of a perfect gentleman and noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline. He speaks of the twelve virtues of a private gentleman, according to Aristotle.

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    195. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      Temperance

      Temperance is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing. This includes restraint from retaliation in the form of non-violence and forgiveness, restraint from arrogance in the form of humility and modesty, restraint from excesses such as extravagant luxury or splurging now in the form of prudence, and restraint from excessive anger or craving for something in the form of calmness and self-control.

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    196. echingryanL 04 Jul 2019
      Britomartis

      Britomartis was a Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete. She was sometimes believed to be an oread, or a mountain nymph, but she was often conflated or syncretized with Artemis and Aphaea, the "invisible" patroness of Aegina.

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