Spenser's Faerie Queene, Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Edmund Spenser

III. v. 5 l. 5. A] And 1596, 1609. ‘And’, though defensible, is probably due to ‘And’ in l. 6.

III. v. 37 l. 6. follow] followd 1590 should have been recorded in footnote.

III. v. 40 l. 4. their loues sweet teene] their sweet loues teene 1590. Spenser transposed, either for rhythm, or to bring out the oxymoron ‘sweet teene’. Cf. note on I. v. 7 l. 9.

III. v. 50 l. 8. To him, and to all] To him and all 1609. See note on I. i. 15 l. 6.

III. V. 51 l. 9. to] it 1611.

III. v. 52 l. 6. The punctuation of the quartos connects ‘admire’ with ‘In gentle Ladies brest’; but this leaves ‘and bounteous race’ without construction.

III. v. 53 l. 3. Realmes] Reames 1590. So in V. vii. 23 ll. 6, 8, 9 ‘realme’ rhymes with ‘extreame’ and ‘dreame’.

III. vi. 6 l. 5. his beames] his hot beames 1609. See on I. v. 23 l. 8 and Introduction, p. xvii.

III. vi. 12 l. 2. The rhyme is imperfect, but I find no authority for reading ‘aspect’.