I'm still stuck on Arthur and Gloriana. According to FQ 1.9.15, Arthur had
been seeking for the Faerie Queene for "Nyne monethes" when he met Una. And
of course RC has been in Orgoglio's dungeon for nine months. We know what
that means! (ARTHUR: "RC, I am your father! Join me, and we can rule
Fairyland together as father and son!" REDCROSSE: "I'll never join you!
Aaaauuuugggghhhhh!")
Or do we? I've been rereading the Metamorphoses this week, and Ovid seems
to think that it takes ten months to have a baby. My own theory is that
ten-month babes are better "baked" than their nine-month cohorts. That's
not really the point, though. Does anyone know how long a baby was
_expected_ to take in the sixteenth century?
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