EDM. SPENSER.
23 Januarie, 1589.
[1] The letter served as an introduction to the first three books of the Faerie Queene.
[2] An allusion to Sir Walter Raleigh's poem Cynthia.
To the Right Noble and Valorous Knight,
SIR WALTER RALEIGH,
Lord Wardein of the Stanneryes, and Lieftenaunt of Cornewaile,
To thee that art the sommers Nightingale,