There are actually two characters named Sir Turpine. One is captured by Amazons serving their queen Radigund and eventually put to death. The more significant Sir Turpine, however, is a rude man in Book VI who torments Calepine and Serena. Eventually Arthur confronts him and defeats him, letting him live if he gives up the knighthood, but Sir Turpine doesn’t change his ways. Finally, Arthur, with help from the savage man, defeats Sir Turpine again and steals his armor, tying Turpine upside-down to a tree as a warning to other false knights.
Sir Turpine Quotes in The Faerie Queene
The The Faerie Queene quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Turpine or refer to Sir Turpine. 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 VI: Canto I
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But mongst them all was none more courteous Knight,
Then Calidore, beloved over all,
in whom it seemes that gentlenesse of spright
And manners mylde were planted naturall
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Book VI: Canto VII
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And after all, for greater infamie,
He by the heeles him hung upon a tree,
And baffuld so, that all which passed by,
The picture of his punishment might see,
And by the like ensample warned bee
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Sir Turpine Quotes in The Faerie Queene
The The Faerie Queene quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Turpine or refer to Sir Turpine. 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:
).
Book VI: Canto I
Quotes
But mongst them all was none more courteous Knight,
Then Calidore, beloved over all,
in whom it seemes that gentlenesse of spright
And manners mylde were planted naturall
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Book VI: Canto VII
Quotes
And after all, for greater infamie,
He by the heeles him hung upon a tree,
And baffuld so, that all which passed by,
The picture of his punishment might see,
And by the like ensample warned bee
