The Faerie Queene Loyalty Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Book, canto, stanza

Quote #7

But euermore, when [Agape] fit time could fynd,/ She warned [her sons] to tend their safeties well,/ And loue each other deare, what euer them befell (IV.ii.53)

The trio of brothers—Priamond, Dyamond, and Triamond—certainly take their mother's command to be loyal to heart. The first two brothers ultimately lose their lives in order to help out brother #3.

Quote #8

All ouercome with infinite affect,/ For [Calidore's] exceeding courtesie, that pearst/ [Briana's] stubborne hart with inward deepe effect,/ Before his feet her selfe she did proiect,/ And him adoring as her liues deare Lord,/ With all due thankes, and dutifull respect,/ Her selfe acknowledg'd bound for that accord/ By which he had to her both life and loue restord. (V.i.45)

Briana, great stealer of people's hair, turns out to be an unlikely example of loyalty to Arthegall, after realizing he did her a solid by ordering Crudor to marry her.

Quote #9

But I am bound by vow, which I profest/ To my dread Soueraine, when I it assayd,/ That in atchieuement of her high behest,/ I should no creature ioyne vnto mine ayde/ For thy I may not graunt, that ye so greatly prayde. (VI.ii.37)

Although Calidore would really like Tristram to join him in his quest for the Blatant Beast, his vow to the Faerie Queene stipulated that it was a one-man-task (we're not sure why) and Calidore is super loyal to his Queen… at least in the beginning.