Britomart, the female knight of chastity, is one of the characters symbolizing this queen in "The Faerie Queene"
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Red Cross Knight, the hero of book 1, in which he represents both England's ... 
by a fountain and a tree, symbolizing the sacraments of baptism and communion, 
.... ideal of married chastity, which surpasses the austere virginity of Belphoebe.