ot only
slays both the giant and his daughter, but razes their castle to the
ground. Shortly after, on approaching the sea-shore, Sir Artegall
perceives a charlatan provided with scales in which he pretends to
weigh all things anew. Thereupon Sir Artegall, by weighing such
intangible things as truth and falsehood, right and wrong,
demonstrates that the charlatan's scales are false, and, after
convicting him of trickery, drowns him in the sea.

The poet now ably describes the wedding of Florimell and Marinell and
the tournament celebrated in their honor, which Sir Artegall attends,
wearing Braggadocchio's armor as disguise. He helps Marinell win the
prize which is to be bestowed upon Florimell, but, when the moment
comes to award it, Braggadocchio boldly produces a false Florimell, so
exactly like the true one that they cannot be told apart. Sir
Artegall, however, ruthlessly exposes the trick, whereupon the false
Florimell vanishes, leaving nothing behind her save the wrongfully
appropriated girdle, which reverts at last to its legitimate owner.
Seeing this, Braggadocchio is about to sneak away, when Sir Guyon
suddenly steps forward demanding the return of his stolen steed.
Although Braggadocchio boldly asserts the steed he rides is his own,
Sir Artegall inquires of each what secret tokens the animal bears, and
thus enables Sir Guyon to prove ownership.

Sir Artegall, not long after leaving the marriage hall, journeys to
the sea-shore, where he discovers twin brothers quarrelling for the
possession of two girls, one of whom is perched upon a huge coffer.
Not only does Artegall check this fight, but, on inquiring into its
cause, learns how the twin brothers were awarded neighboring islands,
and how the storms and the sea have carried off half the land of the
one only to add it to the possessions of the other. Thus, one twin has
become richer than the other, and the heiress, who had promised to
marry the poorer brother, has transferred her affections and
possessions to the richer twin. On her way to join him, however, she
suffers shipwreck and arrives at his island penniless. But the chest
containing her treasures is in due time washed back to the smaller
island, where, meantime, the discarded fiancee of the richer brother
has taken refuge. As the wealthy twin declared, when the land was
mentioned, that "what the sea brought he had a right to keep," Sir
Artegall decides he shall now abide by his own words, and that, sinc