in
documents relating to the paternal estate. She was
again a widow in 1606. Till a very recent time there
were descendants of Spenser living in the south of
Ireland.

1869 JOHN W. HALES.
Revised 1896.

Footnotes
---------

{1} This poem is in this volume reprinted from the
edition of 1591. Mr. Morris thinks that Todd was
not aware of this edition. Mr. Collier reprinted
from the 2nd edition--that of 1593.
{2} _Irish Minstrelsy; or, Bardic Remains of Ireland_,
by J. Hardiman. London, 1831.
{3} 'The name and occupation of Spenser is handed down
traditionally among them (the Irish); but they seem
to entertain no sentiments of respect or affection
for his memory; the bard came in rather ungracious
times, and the keen recollections of this untutored
people are wonderful.'--Trotter's _Walks through
Ireland in the Years 1812, 1814, and 1817_.
London, 1819, p. 302.
{4} Cooper's _Athen. Cantab._
{5} See Mr. Edwards's _Life of Raleigh_, vol. i. p.
128.
{6} No doubt he intended to complete his work. See
book vi. canto v. st. 2:

'When time shall be to tell the same;'

but this time never was.

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