![]() Guyon and Palmer meet Furor and his mother Occasion. Belphoebe scorns courtly life in favor of the wilderness and runs away when Braggadocchio makes his desire for her known. Braggadocchio attempts to build himself up in her eyes by exaggerating his own accomplishments, and then asks Belphoebe why she is hunting rather than attending court. Braggadocchio and Trompart meet Belphoebe, a beautiful huntress. They are overheard by Archimago, who convinces them to seek out and battle Guyon and Redcrosse, promising to give Braggadocchio the sword of King Arthur before flying away. The peasant Braggadocchio, having stolen Guyon’s horse, meets Trompart and convinces him to become his servant. Guyon and Palmer stay the night and arise to leave the next morning after entrusting the baby to Medina’s care. At a feast that night, Guyon explains his quest: to find and destroy Acrasia’s Bower of Bliss in the name of the Faerie Queen. Only Medina’s intervention prevents the conflict from becoming a bloodbath. Guyon tries to break up their conflict, only to have both knights turn on him. Soon they come upon two knights, Huddibras and Sansloy (from Book 1), battling each other. Medina, the middle sister, welcomes them. ![]() Guyon and Palmer continue their journey, eventually coming upon the castle of the three beautiful sisters Elissa, Medina, and Perissa. Guyon attempts to wash the baby clean of his mother’s blood, but the blood will not come off. Although Guyon attempts to save Amavia, she dies in his arms. Mordant was able to free himself of the enchantment, but Acrasia exacted revenge upon him by poisoning him. Acrasia lures men to her Bower of Bliss with the promise of sex, and then magically turns them into beasts. Amavia tells them her tale, how her husband Mordant was seduced by Acrasia, an enchantress. Rushing to her aid, the knight and his squire discover the woman holding a newborn baby and lying next to the body of a dead man. The two knights discuss matters and become friends.Ĭontinuing on their journey, Guyon and Palmer meet Amavia, a woman who stabs herself in the chest as they approach. She confirms Archimago’s story, inflaming Guyon to righteous anger, but when they finally encounter Redcrosse, Guyon balks at attacking a knight bearing the cross of Christ on his shield. On their way, the three men meet the alleged virgin, who is really Duessa in disguise. He describes the knight as bearing a red cross on his shield and offers to lead them to him. To this end, when Archimago meets the knight Guyon and his squire, Palmer, he tells them that a wicked knight has just recently attacked a virgin, intent on despoiling her. Archimago has escaped from his imprisonment in Book 1, intent on revenge upon Redcrosse for his defeat.
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