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THE LEGEND OF SIR GUYON, OR OF TEMPERANCE.
The next adventure in the Faerie Queene is that of Sir Guyon,--personifying Temperance,--who is escorted everywhere by a black-garbed palmer,--Prudence or Abstinence,--at whose dictation he performs all manner of heroic deeds.

Journeying together they soon meet a squire, who reports a lady has just been captured by a wicked knight, who is bearing her away.

On hearing of this damsel's peril, Sir Guyon bids her squire lead them in the direction where she vanished, declaring he will save her if possible.

He soon encounters a maiden with dishevelled locks and torn garments, who delays him by informing him that she has been illtreated by a knight bearing the device of a red cross.