506 To these first labours' needed furtherance.
furtherance > promotion; also: improvement
507 508 509 To the right Honourable the Earle of 510 Ormond and Ossory. 511 512 REceiue most noble Lord a simple taste 513 Of the wilde fruit, which saluage soyl hath bred, 514 Which being through long wars left almost waste, 515 With brutish barbarisme is ouerspredd: 516 And in so faire a land, as may be redd, 517 Not one Parnassus, nor one Helicone 518 Left for sweete Muses to be harboured, 519 But where thy selfe hast thy braue mansione; 520 There in deede dwel faire Graces many one. 521 And gentle Nymphes, delights of learned wits, 522 And in thy person without Paragone 523 All goodly bountie and true honour sits, 524 Such therefore, as that wasted soyl doth yield, 525 Receiue dear Lord in worth, the fruit of barren field. 526 527 509 To the Right Honourable the Earl of 510 Ormond and Ossory
Ormond and Ossory > (Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and Ossory, 1532-1614,; Lord Treasurer of Ireland)
511 512 Receive, most noble lord, a simple taste 513 Of the wild fruit which savage soil has bred,
savage > wild; savage soil > (Of Ireland, where Spenser lived)
514 Which, being through long wars left almost waste, 515 With brutish barbarism is overspread:
barbarism > (See Spenser's A View of the Present State of Ireland)
516 And in so fair a land, as may be read,
read > seen