| Amoret has known Jeremy since the Civil War, when after her fathers death in the battle of Worcester he took her to France to the family of her mother, who had died some years before. |
| For Sanchez, Amoret allegorizes the courtier who, rather than risk his own security and violate his self-interest, enables and collaborates with tyranny. |
| First, her identity as a knight is determined by her relation to Amoret, which has been secured by her martial victory over her rival and affirmed by the court's seneschal. |
