Or weaknesse is to sinfull bands made thrall.”
(I. viii. 1.)
Here Arthur is meant by grace and Una by truth. In accordance with the same conception of Una’s nature Satyrane is made to wonder
“at her wisedome heavenly rare,
Whose like in womens wit he never knew;
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Thenceforth he kept her goodly company,
And learnd her discipline of faith and veritie.”
(I. vi. 31.)
Furthermore, she is represented as guiding the Red Cross Knight to Fidelia’s school, where he is to taste her “heavenly learning,” to hear the wisdom of her divine words, and to learn “celestiall discipline.” (I. x. 18.) In making these comments and in thus directing the course of the action of his poem Spenser presents in Una the personification of truth or wisdom.