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Book III Canto VI, where Belphœbe's origin is explored. She has a sister named Amoret. Basically, a faerie named Chrysogone was laying around naked, and the sun impregnated her. She had twins, Belphœbe and Amoret. Chrysogone birthed them in her sleep, and they were found and taken by Diana and Venus. Diana kept Belphœbe, and Venus gave Amoret to Psyche to foster. We also get to explore the Garden of Adonis.

Book III, Canto V, where Arthur learns more about the girl he is chasing from a dwarf, and where Timias (Arthur's squire) battles three foresters and is wounded. Fortunately, Belphœbe shows up and tends his wounds - but unfortunately, Timias falls in love with her.

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Book III, Canto IV, wherein Britomart fells Marinell after giving a long complaint by the sea-shore, and then Cymoent, Marinell's Nereid mother, gives an even longer complaint by the sea-shore, then whisks Marinell to be healed under the sea by Tryphon, and then Arthur chases after the maid and gets upset when night falls, so he gives a long complaint about night.

V.9, almost there

Book III, Canto III, which continues Britomart's origin, where she meets Merlin, who gives her a prophecy that she will begat a line that will culminate with Elizabeth I. Britomart gains the armor of a Saxon virgin, along with Bladud's magic spear, so that her armor combines the strength of the Saxons with the strengths of the Britons. We return to the present, and she parts ways with the Red Cross Knight.

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