The bog of Allan. The Faerie Queene, Book II. Canto IX.
An ably written paper. ‘A View of the Present State of Ireland,’ registered 1598, printed 1633.
An obscure inn. In King Street, Westminster, Jan. 13, 1599.
The treatment he received from Burleigh. It has been suggested that the disfavour with which Spenser was regarded by Burleigh—a disfavour that stood in the way of his preferment—was because of Spenser’s friendship with Essex, and Leicester’s patronage of him.
[35]. Clap on high. The Faerie Queene, III. XII. 23.
In green vine leaves. I. IV. 22.
Upon the top of all his lofty crest. I. VII. 32.
In reading the Faery Queen. The incidents mentioned will be found in Books III. 9, I. 7, II. 6, and III. 12, respectively.
[36]. And mask, and antique pageantry. L’Allegro, 128.
And more to lull him. I. I. 41.