Of Amoret is told.
The Gardins of Adonis fraught
With pleasures manifold.
[54]
Canto vii
The witches sonne loues Florimell:
she flyes, he faines to die.
Satyrane saues the Squire of Dames
from Gyants tyrannie.
[61]
Canto viii
The Witch creates a snowy Lady,
like to Florimell,
Who wrongd by Carle by Proteus sau'd,
is sought by Paridell.
[52]
Canto ix
Malbecco will no straunge knights host,
For peeuish gealosie:
Paridell giusts with Britomart:
Both shew their auncestrie.
[53]
Canto x
Paridell rapeth Hellenore:
Malbecco her pursewes:
Findes emongst Satyres, whence with him
To turne she doth refuse.
[60]
Canto xi
Britomart chaceth Ollyphant,
findes Scudamour distrest:
Assayes the house of Busyrane,
where Loues spoyles are exprest.
[55]
Canto xii
The maske of Cupid, and th'enchaunted
Chamber are displayd,
Whence Britomart redeemes faire
Amoret, through charmes decayd.
[45]

Canto xii, Stanzas 43-7 (from the 1590 edition)
[5]

(Numbers in square brackets show the number of stanzas in each canto)

=> INTRODUCTORY MATTER:

1
2 THE FAERIE
3 QVEENE.
4
5 _Disposed into twelue bookes,
6 Fashioning_
7 XII. Morall vertues.
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11 LONDON
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13 Printed for William Ponsonbie.
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15 1596.
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1
2 THE FAERY

FAERY > (An archaic variant of "fairy", used by Spenser to denote the
imaginary land, analogous to Britain, where his poem is set)

3 QUEEN
4
5 _Disposed into twelve books,
6 fashioning

fashioning > representing, exemplifying

7 twelve moral virtues_