Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE FAERY QUEEN AND HER KNIGHTS

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., Limited LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO

THE FAERY QUEEN AND HER KNIGHTS

Stories Retold from Edmund Spenser

by the

Rev. ALFRED J. CHURCH, M.A.

Author of “Stories from Homer”

With Illustrations in Colour

New York The Macmillan Company 1909 All rights reserved

Copyright, 1909, By the Macmillan Company. Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1909.

Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. The Red-Cross Knight 1
II. Archimage and Duessa 7
III. The Fortunes of Una 16
IV. Of what befell at the House of Pride 24
V. How the Red-Cross Knight leaves the Castle of Pride 29
VI. The Lady Una and the Satyrs 35
VII. Of the Giant Orgoglio 42
VIII. Of the Deeds of Prince Arthur 49
IX. Of the House of Holiness 55
X. Of the Slaying of the Dragon 64
XI. Of Sir Guyon and the Lady Medina 71
XII. How Sir Guyon came into Great Peril 77
XIII. Of Two Pagan Knights 89
XIV. Of Queen Acrasia 96
XV. Britomart 102
XVI. Of Merlin’s Magic Mirror 109
XVII. How Britomart took to Arms 117
XVIII. Sir Scudamore and Amoret 127
XIX. Of Sir Paridell and Others 135
XX. The Story of Canacé and the Three Brothers 142
XXI. The Story of Florimell 153
XXII. Of the False Florimell 160
XXIII. Sir Satyrane’s Tournament 168
XXIV. Of Florimell’s Girdle 176
XXV. Of Britomart and Artegall 180
XXVI. Of the Fortunes of Amoret 190
XXVII. Of Sir Artegall and the Knight Sanglier 197
XXVIII. Of Other Adventures of Sir Artegall 202
XXIX. Sir Artegall does Justice 214
XXX. Radigund 221
XXXI. How Sir Artegall was Delivered 233
XXXII. Of the Knave Malengin 247
XXXIII. Of the Lady Belgé 252
XXXIV. Of Sir Artegall and Grantorto 263
XXXV. Of Sir Calidore and the Lady Briana 270
XXXVI. Of the Valour of Tristram 278
XXXVII. Sir Calepine and the Lady Serena 286
XXXVIII. Of Sir Calidore and Pastorella 294
XXXIX. The End of Sir Calidore’s Quest 301

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Slaying of the Dragon _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
The Red-Cross Knight and Sansfoy 10
The Lady Una and the Lion 20
Sir Guyon and the Men in Bestial Shapes 100
Agapé approaching the Dwelling of the Fates 142
Sir Scudamore overthrown by Britomart 184
Sir Artegall and the Saracen 204
Prince Arthur slaying the Seneschal 256

THE FAERY QUEEN
AND HER KNIGHTS