One of Walter Craine's 19th century illustrations for Spenser's The Fairie Queen
Britomart is an allegorical figuration of Queen Elizabeth: a representation of
chastity as a heroic, martial virtue.
Title page of a 1533 edition of Amadis de Gaul, a popular work of knight-errantry featuring a battle with a noxious-smelling giant and a lot of mooning over the princess Oriana. See 2.2.122.
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