Una and the red cross knight, and other tales from Spenser's Faery Queene; . s that night so long his room did fill. And when Archimago saw that morning wasnigh, and that he had cast spells throughout thehours of darkness to part Una from her Knight,and that the Knight yet remained faithful to hisquest, he fell into a great rage, threatening totorment the useless sprites. But finding all his anger vain, he cast abouthim to do further evil, and began to search hisbooks once more. Then he wrought another charm and turnedthe first sprite into the likeness of a goodly youngman. These two sprites,
Una and the red cross knight, and other tales from Spenser's Faery Queene; . s that night so long his room did fill. And when Archimago saw that morning wasnigh, and that he had cast spells throughout thehours of darkness to part Una from her Knight,and that the Knight yet remained faithful to hisquest, he fell into a great rage, threatening totorment the useless sprites. But finding all his anger vain, he cast abouthim to do further evil, and began to search hisbooks once more. Then he wrought another charm and turnedthe first sprite into the likeness of a goodly youngman. These two sprites, the one in the form ofUna, the other in the form of a young man, heplaced together in a loving embrace. Forthwith he runs with feigned faithful hasteUnto his guest, who, after troublous sights And dreams, gan now to take more sound repast; lWhom suddenly he wakes with fearful frights,As one, aghast with fiends or damned sprites, And to him calls; Rise, rise! unhappy swain ! He then showed him the false couple, and the 1 repast = repose. ARCHIMAGO & THE FALSE DUESSA 27. knight deceived by the sight would have slainthem together, but the aged man restrained him,and when day was fully come he donned hisarmour and went hastily away. Nor went he alone, for the faithful dwarf,learning his grief and its shameful cause, broughthim his steed and fled with him from the unhappylady. IV THE SARAZIN AND FIDESSA Now there dwelt in that land a great witchcalled Duessa. The same was a friend toArchimago, and even more wicked than he, and 28 ARCHIMAGO & THE FALSE DUESSA she rode about in the forests and on the high-road,stirring up strife and battle between goodly knights,and turning all such as she could from their quest,for in those deeds was all her delight. She was skilled in disguises and could showherself in outward seeming the fairest and mostnoble dame that ever man saw, but inwardly shewas very foul, as shall be seen before we be cometo the end of our story. At this time she was in the
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