The voice belongs to a mother and her baby. However, one day they hear a voice crying in the forest. Guyon and the Palmer travel for some time, and Guyon big comes semi-famous for all of the good deeds that he does. We are now fully introduced to Sir Guyon, our new protagonist. The Redcrosse knight, in turn, wishes them both good luck, and they all go their separate ways. The Palmer shows up and blesses Redcrosse for all that he has and will do. Understandably, the Redcrosse knight asks Sir Guyon why he decided to attack him, and Guyon explains what happened. Just as they are about to fight each other, they see each other’s shields (the Redcrosse obviously has a Red Cross on his shield, but Guyon has an image of the Faerie Queene on his), and they decide to stop fighting. She confirms Archimago story, and so Guyon goes off to confront and potentially fight the Redcrosse knight. Redcrosse.īut he is the Knight of Temperance after all, so he cannot let an injustice like this stand.Īrchimago takes Guyon to the woman that was supposedly raped, but this is actually Duessa, who was restored to full strength by Archimago after she was defeated by Prince Arthur in the previous book. He decides to take advantage of the opportunity and tells Guyon about Una and the Redcrosse knight, telling him that Redcrosse is a rapist and a villain, which surprises Guyon because he has heard good things about Mr. Through his scheming, he comes across Sir Guyon and his companion, a pilgrim simply called “ the Palmer”. Turns out, Archimago has escaped the dungeon where he was thrown, and he’s looking to get revenge on Una and the Redcrosse knight. This is a pattern that Spenser often repeats in later books. This first part of The Faerie Queene acts as a bridge, giving us a glimpse of the characters that we already know and love, whiles introducing us to new characters. Canto 1Īt the end of the last book, we saw the Redcrosse knight and Una get engaged, despite the efforts of one Archimago who tried to stop it from happening. Spenser encourages the Queen to think of these words as a reflection of her and her kingdom, once again reinforcing the allegory. His justification for this is the fact that new worlds are being found all the time (think of the Americas), so why shouldn’t there be a mystical fairyland we don’t know about yet? And actually…that’s not a bad argument Mr. Apparently he wants people to believe that this really happened. Once again, Edmund Spenser addresses Queen Elizabeth I, and makes an odd comment about hoping that no one accuses him of making up all of these stories. We open with the title: “The Second Book of the Faerie Queene contayning The Legend of Sir Guyon, or Of Temperance.”
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