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Duessa
(Double-mind or False-faith). Daughter of
Falsehood and Shame, who assumes divers disguises to beguile the Red
Cross Knight. At one time she takes the name of Fidessa, and entices
the knight into the Palace of Pride (Lucifera). The knight
having left the palace, is overtaken by Duessa, and drinks of an
enchanted fountain, which paralyses him, in which state he is taken
captive by the giant Orgoglio. Prince Arthur slays the giant and
rescues the knight; Duessa, being stripped of her gorgeous disguise, is
found to be a hideous hag, and flees into the wilderness for
concealment. She appears again in book ii. (Spenser: Faërie Queene,
book i. 2-7; v. 9.)
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