.)

1589 [37] Visited at Kilcolman by Raleigh. October or November:
with Raleigh to England. Audience with the Queen. 1 December:
the _Faerie Queene_ entered in Stationers' Register.

1590 [38] Publication of the _Faerie Queene_, Books I-III. Suit
against him begun by Lord Roche.

1591 [39] Publication of _Complaints_, and perhaps also of
_Daphnaida_. Returns to Kilcolman. Composition of _Colin
Clouts Come Come Again_. 25 February: granted annual pension of
{pounds}50 by the Queen.

1594 [42] 12 February: loses lawsuit against Lord Roche. 11 June:
marries Elizabeth Boyle.

1595 [43] Publication of _Colin Clouts Come Home Again_, and of
_Amoretti_ and _Epithalamion_ in one volume. Birth of his son
Peregrine.

1596 [44] In England. Publication of second edition of the _Faerie
Queene_, Books I-VI, _Fowre Hymns_, and _Prothalamion_. 12
November: King James of Scotland claims that the portrayal of
Duessa in the _Faerie Queene_ is a libel on his mother, Mary,
Queen of Scots; outcome of this claim not known. (Essex raids
Cadiz.)

1597 [45] Returns to Ireland. Purchases Renny Castle for his son;
also purchases Buttevant Abbey.

1598 [46] 14 April: _A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande_
entered in Stationers' Register but not passed for printing.
Spenser recommended for appointment as Sheriff of Cork.
October: Tyrone's rebellion in Munster; Spenser's castle at
Kilcolman sacked and burnt. In December, Spenser in London.

1599 [47] 13 January: death of Spenser.

1609 Publication of third edition of the _Faerie Queene_,
incorporating Books I-VI and _Two Cantos of Mutabilitie_.

1611 First publication of the collected works.

1617 Second publication of the collected works.

1620 Memorial to Spenser erected at Westminster Abbey.

1633 Publication of _A Vewe of the Present State of Ireland_.

(2) A BIOGRAPHY OF EDMUND SPENSER,
BY JOHN W. HALES
Revised 1896

From the Macmillan Globe edition of
THE WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER

[ Please note: footnotes for each chapter are enclosed in curly
brackets, e.g. {1} ]

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