The Faerie Queene
1.8 (D’Jara Culpepper)
King Arthur, faire Vna, and the Squire—as led by the Dwarfe—traveled in
search of Redcrosse until they came upon a castle. The Dwarfe confirmed that
his master must be enslaved inside of it, so Arthur and the stepped up to the
castle and twice blew his bugle horne to draw out the Gyant. Duessa, upon her
“manyheaded beast,” followed the Gyant out. Wasting no time, Arthur began
fighting Orgoglio and cut off his arm. Duessa has the beast get involved. The
Squire held off the beast. Duessa poisoned the Squire in a wrathful rage; he
fell before the beast. Arthur saw this and turned his attention to the beast,
inflicting a gnarly wound of vengeance in good time. Orgoglio stepped back in
to relieve the beast, but ‘twas a mistake: his blow to the “carefull knight” tore
away the veil upon the knight’s “magic” shield. The brightness of the shield
blinded and terrified both Orgoglio and the beast. Arthur finished the job and
towed the Squire and Duessa away from the mess.
Reunited with Vna, all began
investigating Orgoglio’s castle, meeting his foster-father Ignario, the holder
of keyes, along the way. Though based on his name, Ignario was of no help
beyond the keyes he held, the troupe came to find the castle ornate and beautiful
but also just filthy with the blood of innocent children, Christians, and
Martyrs upon floors; the air was littered with continuous wailing of Martyr and
Christian souls. Soon after, Arthur found Redcrosse, tearing off the door to
his iron prison. Having been locked up as a slave to the likes of Dues—I mean
Orgoglio, Redcrosse was in a poor, weak state. Vna advised the rest not to kill
Duessa because, bluntly put, she wasn’t worth it. Instead, Vna suggested
stripping Duessa of her robes and letting her flee in her exposed cowardice,
which was what the troupe did exactly. After all of this, “that faire crew of
knights, and Vna faire” decided to stay in Orgoglio’s castle despite itself.
Picture believed to be by Walter Crane, “King Arthur
Fights the Gyant”
Introduced Character(s): Ignaro, the
foster-father of the Gyant
Characters in Canto (no particular order):
Duessa, Orgoglio, the Hydra, King Arthur, Vna, Redcrosse, Ignaro
Good Stanza: page 888, 1.8.46:
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 despoiled 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 favoured, old,
Whose secret filth good manners biddeth not be told.
No comments:
Post a Comment