The Red Cross Knight - Stories from the Faerie Queene Book I E-Book

Edmund Spencer

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Mary Macleod’s retelling, in novella form, of the epic poem by Edmund Spenser.Queen Gloriana ruled over a magnificent land, a rich and beautiful country. In her court she had 12 chief knights. Each of her 12 chief knights was known as the Champion of some virtue. Thus Sir Guyon was the representative of Temperance, Sir Artegall of Justice, Sir Calidore of Courtesy, and others took up the cause of Friendship, Constancy, and so on.During a great feast, which lasted 12 days, a stranger in poor clothes came to the court, and, falling before the Queen, begged a favour of her. It was always the custom at these feasts that the Queen should refuse nothing that was asked, so she bade the stranger say what it was he wished. Then he besought that, if any cause arose which called for knightly aid, the adventure might be entrusted to him. When the Queen had given her promise he stood quietly on one side.Soon after this there rode into the city a fair lady on a white ass. Behind her came her servant, a dwarf, leading a warlike horse that bore the armour of a knight. The face of the lady was lovely, but it was very sorrowful. Making her way to the palace, she fell before Queen Gloriana, and implored her help. She said that her name was Una; she was the daughter of a king and queen who formerly ruled over a mighty country; but, many years ago, a huge dragon came and wasted all the land, and shut the king and queen up in a brazen castle, from which they might never come out. The Lady Una therefore besought Queen Gloriana to grant her one of her knights to fight and kill this terrible dragon.Then the stranger sprang forward, and reminded the Queen of the promise she had given. At first she was unwilling to consent, for the Knight was young. However, the Queen kept her word and consented. He was given an old suit of armour upon which was a red cross, and was quickly named the Red Cross Knight.So the stranger and Una rode forth into the world together, while a little way behind followed their faithful attendant, Prudence. And now you shall hear some of the adventures that befell the Red Cross Knight and his two companions.TAGS: Red Cross Knight, Princess Una, Princess, suit of armour, stranger, Queen Gloriana, 12 chief knights, champions of virtue, promise, huge dragon, attack, lay siege, ride forth, action, adventure, brazen castle, prisoner, lion, fight, Holiness, Faithless, magician, hands of the enemy, pride, battle for the shield, woodland knight, false pilgrim, prince arthur, wondrous bugle, mighty shield, knight with the hempen rope, cave of despair, house of holiness, city of the great king

Leseprobe

The Red Cross Knight

"Right faithful true he was in deed and word"

Stories From The Faerie Queene

Book I

Retold by

Mary Macleod

With Introduction by John W. Hales

Drawings by A. G. Walker, Sculptor

Originally Printed by

Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd., London

3 Paternoster Buildings, E.C.

[1916]

Resurrected by

Abela Publishing, London

[2017]

The Red Cross Knight

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2017

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Abela Publishing

London

United Kingdom

2017

ISBN-13: 9788826459561

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Acknowledgements

Abela Publishing

acknowledges the work retold by

Mary Macleod

did in compiling and editing

THE RED CROSS KNIGHT

in a time well before

any electronic media was in use.

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33% of the net profit from the sale of this book

will be donated to Charities.

Contents

The Court of the Queen

The Wood of Error

The Knight deceived by the Magician

The Knight forsakes Una

Holiness fights Faithless, and makes Friends with False Religion

Una and the Lion

In the Hands of the Enemy

The House of Pride

The Battle for the Shield

Una and the Woodland Knight

The False Pilgrim

Giant Pride

Prince Arthur

The Wondrous Bugle and the Mighty Shield

The Knight with the Hempen Rope

In the Cave of Despair

How the Red Cross Knight came to the House of Holiness

The City of the Great King

The Last Fight

"Ease after War"

The Court of the Queen

ONCE upon a time, in the days when there were still such things as giants and dragons, there lived a great Queen. She reigned over a rich and beautiful country, and because she was good and noble everyone loved her, and tried also to be good. Her court was the most splendid one in the world, for all her knights were brave and gallant, and each one thought only of what heroic things he could do, and how best he could serve his royal lady.