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Satyrane is a wandering noble knight who helps Una out of a forest when she is separated from the Redcross Knight. He fights Sansloy in Book I before later reappearing in Book III to help save the fair maiden Florimell from a fearsome hyena-like beast. His name, which is similar to “satyr” (a half-man half-goat), suggests his close association with nature and the forest.
Sir Satyrane Quotes in The Faerie Queene
The The Faerie Queene quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Satyrane or refer to Sir Satyrane. 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 III: Canto VIII Quotes
Now when the Beast, which by her wicked art
Late forth she sent, she backe returning spyde,
Tyde with her broken girdle, it a part
Of her rich spoyles, whom he had earst destroyd,
She weend, and woundrous gladnesse to her hart applyde.
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Sir Satyrane Character Timeline in The Faerie Queene
The timeline below shows where the character Sir Satyrane appears in The Faerie Queene. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book I: Canto VI
One day, a fierce but noble knight called Sir Satyrane comes to the woods. He is known for his strength, which allows him to overcome...
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Sir Satyrane carries Una out of the woods with him, onto a plain. There they see a...
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...how he saw the Redcross Knight fighting a pagan, and the pagan struck him down. Satyrane asks where the pagan is now, so that they can find him and strike him...
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Satyrane and Una head towards the fountain where they find a pagan. Satyrane tells the pagan...
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Satyrane and Sansloy continue raining down blows on each other. Suddenly, Sansloy notices Una and tries...
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Book I: Canto VII
...He travels far and happens to meet Una as she’s fleeing from the pagans with Satyrane.
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Book III: Canto VII
...her boat, but it stands on the shore watching. While the monster is there, Sir Satyrane happens to come wandering by on his own adventure. Seeing Florimell’s situation, he begins attacking...
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The beast is fearsome and won’t go down. Finally, Sir Satyrane manages to restrain it with a gold belt taken from Florimell’s waist (which Satyrane found...
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As Sir Satyrane approaches the giantess, she prepares for battle with her heavy iron mace. She strikes hard...
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Sir Satyrane wakes on the ground, disappointed about how the battle went. It turns out that the...
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...find 300 dames who will refuse him, but so far, he’s only found three. Sir Satyrane listens to the squire’s plight before heading back to where he left the hyena-monster, which...
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Book III: Canto VIII
...regrets that it’s time to turn away from Florimell back to the adventures of Sir Satyrane. Having recently finished talking with the Squire of Dames, he sees a knight riding towards...
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Sir Satyrane tells Paridell that he fears Florimell is dead (since he found her gold belt and...
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Book III: Canto IX
The narrator promises that he’ll finally explain why Paridell and Sir Satyrane aren’t being allowed into the castle. The owner of the castle is Malbecco, and his...
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Sir Satyrane tries knocking on the castle door, but he’s refused. As a storm comes, they take...
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...bad courtesy. When the knights make it inside and start taking off their armor, Sir Satyrane and Paridell realize that the stranger knight is a woman with blond hair—Britomart. They are...
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Book III: Canto X
Britomart and Sir Satyrane wake up ready to leave the next morning, but Paridell complains that he was injured...
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Book III: Canto XI
...praises instead the chaste love of Britomart. Shortly after leaving Malbecco’s castle, she and Sir Satyrane start chasing Ollyphant (the even more greedy and lusty brother of the evil giantess Argante).
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Ollyphant doesn’t fear Sir Satyrane—it’s Britomart’s chastity that makes him run away. Britomart follows him into some woods. There they...
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Book IV: Canto IV
They make it to the tournament, where Sir Satyrane has the gold belt of the real Florimell. He takes up arms against a pagan...
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...Sir Paliumord to join the fight against Triamond, but they can’t take Triamond down. Sir Satyrane sees an opportunity and wounds Triamond, who has to leave the battlefield.
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The trumpets sound to indicate the end of the tournament for that day, and Sir Satyrane is judged the best so far. The tournament begins again the next day, but Triamond...
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Cambell and Sir Satyrane fight savagely on horseback. All of a sudden, Satyrane’s horse rears and throws him off....
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Arthegall easily subdues Sir Satyrane and his knights and seems likely to claim victory, but just as evening is coming,...
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Book IV: Canto V
At the tournament, everyone judges that Sir Satyrane won the first day, Triamond won the second, and Britomart won the third, as well...
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...passed to Triamond, who stays loyal to his wife, and finally ends up with Sir Satyrane, who happily accepts her because he believes that this fake Florimell is the real one...
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...and start arguing, their anger fueled in part by Ate. Wishing to avoid more violence, Satyrane suggests placing Florimell (really false Florimell) in the center of all of them and letting...
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