[372.] Th' enchaunter vaine, etc., the foolish enchanter (Archimago) would not have rued his (St. George's) crime (i.e. slaying Sansfoy).
[373.] But them his errour shalt, etc., thou shalt by thy death pay the penalty of his crime and thus prove that he was really guilty. A very obscure passage. Look up the original meaning of shall.
[386.] This simile is found frequently in the old romances. Cf. Malory's Morte d'Arthur, ii, 104, and Chaucer's Knight's Tale, l. 1160.
[416.] According to a usage of chivalry, the lover wore a glove, sleeve, kerchief, or other token of his lady-love on his helmet. By "lover's token" Sansloy ironically means a blow.
[425.] to her last decay, to her utter ruin.
[426.] Spenser leaves the fight between Sansloy and Sir Satyrane unfinished. Both warriors appear in later books of the Faerie Queene.
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS
1. Who rescued Una from Sansloy? 2. How does Una repay their kindness? 3. How was she treated by them? 4. Explain the references to the various classes of nymphs. 5. Look up the classical references in [xvi] and [xviii]. 6. Why is Una described as "luckelesse lucky"? 7. What customs of the early Christians are referred to in [xix]? 8. What does Sir Satyrane symbolize in the allegory? 9. What was his character and education? 10. Note the Elizabethan conception of the goddess Fortune in [xxxi]. 11. Did Una act ungratefully in leaving the Satyrs as she did? 12. Who is the weary wight in [xxxiv]? 13. What news of St. George did he give? Was it true? 14. Who is the Paynim mentioned in [xl]? 15. Note Euphuistic antithesis in [xlii]. 16. Explain the figures in [iv], [vi], [x], [xliv]. 17. Paraphrase ll. [289], [296]. 18. Find Latinisms in [xxv]; [xxvi]; [xxviii]; [xxxi]; and [xxxvii]. 19. Describe the fight at the end of the Canto.