Similarly, Umbriel lists his accomplishments (lines 67-76):
Spoiling the graceful appearance of women
Causing a pimple to form on a woman's face Causing women to become angry when losing a game
Causing married women to have affairs (and thus turning their husbands into cuckolds) Interfering with women while they are in bed
Causing suspicion when there is no reason for it
Making prudish women look silly or undignified Causing lap dogs (like Shock) to become sick in order to upset their female owners
Umbriel also lies to the Queen. He tells her that Belinda "disdains" or ridicules the power of the Queen (line 65) because she is constantly in mirth (happy or pleasant). Of course, that is not true. When Umbriel left her, she was shrieking "screams of horror." The reader might also note that once again Umbriel refers to Belinda as a nymph. Here he means the word to suggest the minor Greek goddesses of nature, who were always described as being exceptionally beautiful. He is basically saying that Belinda is a beautiful maiden. He is not referring to the Nymphs (Canto 1, lines 6162), the Rosicrucian spirits made of water.
The Goddess of the Underworld (the Queen of Spleen) grants Umbriel’s request. She gives the Gnome two special gifts: (1) a bag full of sighs, sobs, and passions from young women and (2) a vial or small bottle full of sorrows, griefs, and tears. Umbriel is to