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Canacee is the sister of Cambell and eventual wife of Triamond. In order to find a worthy husband for her, Cambell organizes a tournament where he will personally face all challengers. During the tournament, Cambell slays Priamond and Diamond, but their youngest brother Triamond survives and gets to marry Canacee, cementing the friendship between him and Cambell.
Canacee Quotes in The Faerie Queene
The The Faerie Queene quotes below are all either spoken by Canacee or refer to Canacee. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book IV: Canto II Quotes
Though now their acts be no where to be found
As that renowned Poet them compyled,
With warlike numbers and Heroicke sound,
Dan Chaucer well of English undefiled,
On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
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This quote describes the two characters Cambell and Triamond, who originally appeared in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and who reappear in different versions in The Faerie Queene. While classical Greek and Roman epic poems are one of the main influences on Spenser’s writing, one of the other big influences was medieval writing, particularly Chaucer’s. At the time Spenser wrote, Chaucer had been dead for almost 200 years and was well-regarded. Spenser presents the adventures of Cambell and Triamond as if they are real stories that happened in the past and which Chaucer simply didn’t have the time to record. When Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim
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Canacee Character Timeline in The Faerie Queene
The timeline below shows where the character Canacee appears in The Faerie Queene. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book IV: Canto II
Paridell, Blandamour, and the others run into Cambell and Triamond with their ladies, Cambine and Canacee. The narrator mentions that these two knights are actually characters from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, and...
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Canacee is Cambell’s sister, and she is loved by many knights for her wisdom. Cambell sensed...
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Cambell has a ring from Canacee that will stop mortal wounds from bleeding. In the knights who have come to challenge...
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...Fates agree. From then on, the brothers do everything together, including falling in love with Canacee.
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Book IV: Canto III
The day comes when Priamond, Diamond, and Triamond are set to fight with Cambell for Canacee. Cambell comes in first, looking confident. His first opponent is Priamond. The two begin to...
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Canacee is delighted to see an end to the conflict. Triamond marries Canacee, and Cambell marries...
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Book IV: Canto V
...contest to judge the beauty of all the ladies present. Cambina (who is with Cambell), Canacee (who is with Triamond), Duessa (who is with Paridell), and Amoretta (who is with Britomart)...
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