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... Redcrosse knight did vew , With firie zeale he burnt in courage bold , Him to auenge , before his bloud were cold , And to the villein said , Thou damned wight , The author of this fact , we here behold , What iustice can but iudge ...
... Redcrosse knight did vew , With firie zeale he burnt in courage bold , Him to auenge , before his bloud were cold , And to the villein said , Thou damned wight , The author of this fact , we here behold , What iustice can but iudge ...
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... knight helps his fellow . The first adventure is of high chivalric romance , and is narrated . Arthur tells Una and Redcrosse how the Queen of the Faeries had appeared to him in a love - dream , since when he has loved her face divine ...
... knight helps his fellow . The first adventure is of high chivalric romance , and is narrated . Arthur tells Una and Redcrosse how the Queen of the Faeries had appeared to him in a love - dream , since when he has loved her face divine ...
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... Redcrosse is saved by Una . Her speech counters point by point the dangerous persuasions of Despair . A knight should have fortitude , should strive against the Dragon not against himself with self- reproach ; frailty and feebleness are ...
... Redcrosse is saved by Una . Her speech counters point by point the dangerous persuasions of Despair . A knight should have fortitude , should strive against the Dragon not against himself with self- reproach ; frailty and feebleness are ...
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