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Linet

A damsel who guides and tests Sir Gareth.

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Also known as the damosel Linet, Dame Linet

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Linet shows up with force in How Beaumains Desired the Battle and Was Made Knight. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The damosel who scorns Beaumains and departs angrily.

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Aftermath
Closing

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How Beaumains Desired the Battle and Was Made Knight
The damosel who scorns Beaumains and departs angrily.
How Beaumains fought and slew two knights at a passage
The damosel who continually chides and belittles Beaumains, accusing his victories of being mere misadventures.
VII
The damosel who continually rebukes Beaumains and tries to make him flee, calling him a kitchen knave.
How the brother of the knight that was slain met with Beaumains, and fought with Beaumains till he was yielden
The damosel who accompanies Beaumains; she mocks him but ultimately intervenes to save the Green Knight's life.
IX
The damosel who repeatedly rebukes Beaumains, calling him a kitchen boy and urging him to flee before the Pass Perilous.
The Red Knight Overcome
The damosel who chides Beaumains and intercedes for the Red Knight's life.
XI
The damosel who repeatedly rebukes Beaumains but later acknowledges his noble blood and apologizes for her harsh words.
How Beaumains fought with Sir Persant of Inde, and made him to be yielden
The damosel who intercedes to save Sir Persant's life after his defeat.
XIII
Damosel leading Beaumains to the siege of Castle Dangerous; sister of Dame Lionesse.
XIV
The damosel who brought Beaumains to fight for her sister; she is the sister of the besieged lady.
XV
The damosel Linet accompanies Beaumains and warns him of the Red Knight's strength, urging him to wait until noon.
XVI
Damosel accompanying Sir Beaumains, points out Dame Lionesse at the window.
How Sir Beaumains Overcame the Red Knight of the Red Launds
Cries out to Beaumains to regain his courage, noting her sister's distress.
How the knight yielded him, and how Beaumains made him to go unto King Arthur's court, and to cry Sir Launcelot mercy
Unarms Beaumains and tends to his wounds after the battle.
How Beaumains Came to the Lady, and When He Came to the Castle the Gates Were Closed Against Him, and of the Words That the Lady Said to Him
Accompanies Beaumains to the castle and later informs her sister of the dwarf's knowledge of Beaumains' identity.
The Rescue of the Dwarf and the Revelation of Sir Gareth
Sister to Dame Lionesse; she praises Gareth's courtesy and patience despite her earlier harsh rebukes.
XXII
Displeased with her sister's haste, uses subtle crafts to prevent their consummation. Later restores the beheaded knight to life with an ointment.
XXIII
Anoints the pieces of the beheaded knight's head to reassemble them.
XXXIII
Reveals the fighters' identities and facilitates the reunion.
How Sir Gareth acknowledged that they loved each other to King Arthur, and of the appointment of their wedding.
Rides with Dame Lionesse and Sir Gringamore to their castle.

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