"Britomart claims the girdle of Florimell for Amoret at the tournament. "
(Photo from Vintage Novels)
As Britomart journeyed night came. She was not afraid.
Instead, she got stronger. Then a storm came through the town she was in
appeared these figures.
She then met Ease. After she met Fancy, Desire, Doubt,
Danger, Mischief and Mischance. They all wore clothing of nature, whether it be
plums or bear skin. Danger left and Fear came along. Then came Hope.
Dissembling and Suspicion came along together after the others. Dissembling was
kind and beautiful and Suspicion was ugly. Greif and Fury came next and
Pleasure and Displeasure followed closely behind. After the six couples came
by, a beautiful woman came. She was led in by Spite and Cruelty. Love followed.
Then the rest came in: Reproach, Repentance, and Shame. Strife and Anger, Care
and Unthriftness, Loss of Time and Sorrow, fickle Change, Disloyalty, Rioting,
Poverty. The last one to came in was Death-with-Infamy.
Not one of them saw her hiding. They entered a chamber and
after they passed, Britomart followed them in. She spotted the Enchanter who
spotted her back and they drew their weapons and fought. Britomart was injured
slightly. Britomart freed a lady named Amoret, who the Enchanter had been
keeping prisoner.
Britomart escaped the Enchanter Castle and returned to where
she had left Sir Scudamour and her old nurse, Glauce. They were not there. Sir Scudamour
left because he believed she had died. She and Amoret set out to look for the
two. They got to know each other. Amoret was held because she refused to leave
her husband for the Enchanter. They became best friends.
Sir Scudamour was the husband of Amoret. They two ran into
knights and they found out the knights hated Sur Scudamour. They fought
believing Britomart was a knight and Sir Scudamour came along. He saw his wife
with the knight, who was actually Britomart but he didn’t know this. During the
fight he killed beat Glauce for revenge.
Many events took place after including a tournament and
feast. The men even showed of their women. Britomart showed of Amoret. But she
was still stuck on searching for her knight. Sir Scudamour was still alive and
jealous of Britomart so he set out for revenge. Scudamour found them again and
began to fight. Britomart could no longer use her enchanted spear.
As they were fighting, the knight she had been searching for
appeared. In the fight her helmet was knocked off and her real identity was
revealed. Artegall and Scudamour asked for forgiveness. Scudamour was happy to
know his jealousy was false. Artegall was not finished with his journey, but he
promised Britomart he would return. However, after time they grew a apart and
Britomart returned to Scudamour to help him find Amoret.
Bibliography. Mary Macleod. Faerie Queen. Web Source.
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