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.