INDEX TO THE LIFE OF SPENSER.
FFECTIONATE Shepherd," poems by Richard Barnefield, 1594, cvi.
Allen, Francis, his Let- ter to Antony Bacon, lx. "Amoretti," 1595, a Collection of
Sonnets, by Edmund Spenser, ix, cxi; the Chriftian name of his mother mentioned in, xiv; omif- fion of Ponsonby's Epiftle to, cxvi. Andrews, Bp. Lancelot, and the fellowship for which Spenfer com- peted with T. Dove, xxviii. "Apology of Poetry," 1591, by Sir John Harington, xxxi.
Arcadia," by Sir P. Sidney, refift- ance to the imperfect printing of it in 1586, liii; entry of, at Sta- tioners' Hall, in 1588, liv. 66 Arraignment of Paris," 1584, by George Peele, cvi.
"Art of Poetry," or "The English Poet," a fuppofed loft work by Spenfer, cxlviii.
"Art of English Poefy," 1589, by
G. Puttenham, xxxviii, clxvi. “Aftrophel and Stella," by Sir P. Sidney, the publication and cha- racter of, cxv; T. Nash's furrep- titious edition of, in 1591, cxv. "Athenæ Cantabrigienfes," by T. H. and Thompfon Cooper, xxiv, xxvi, xxxiv.
Autograph of Spenser in the British Museum, doubts as to its authen- ticity, ciii.
Ball, John, his reprint of Bathurst's Latin tranflation of "The Shep- herd's Calendar," cxvii.
Barnabas, St., Spenfer's wedding- day in 1594, cxiii.
Barnefield, Richard, his " Cynthia," 1595, with the earliest imitation of Spenfer's Stanza, lxiii, cv; poems printed as his, belonging to Shake- fpeare, cvi; his praife of Spenfer and Drayton, cvi; his " Affectionate Shepherd," 1594, cvi; plagiarisms from Shakespeare in his "Cyn- thia,” 1595, cviii; his “Encomion of Lady Pecunia," 1598 and 1605, cviii; his fonnet in praise of Spenfer, Daniel, Drayton, and Shakespeare, cix.
"Bath, the Wanton Wife of," a ballad, fuppreffed in 1600, reprint- ed by Bishop Percy, xxxv. Beefton, Chriftopher, his defcription of Edmund Spenfer, cliv. Betham, Sir William, his researches regarding Spenfer's family, cliv. Birch, Dr., his "Memoirs of Eliz- abeth," quoted respecting Thomas Churchyard, lxvi.
Blank-verfe, lift of poems in, re- printed by Bishop Percy, xxi. Brampton, Robert, lines in his MS. on Raleigh and Lord Effex, lxix. Breton, Nicholas, his Epitaph on Spenfer, in his "Melancholike Humours," 1600, cxlvi. Browne, William, author of "Bri- tannia's Paftorals," his ignorance of the "Shepherd's Calendar," xxxix; his praife of Spenfer in "Britannia's Paftorals, xl quoted on the noncompletion of the "Fairy Queen," cxl; cited re- fpecting a monument to Spenfer by order of the Queen, cxlix. Brydges, Sir Egerton, his mistake refpecting the place where Spenfer died, cxliv.
Bryskett, Lodowick, his " Mourning
Mufe of Theftylis," on Sidney's death, lv; his " Discourse of Civil Life," and its date, li, lxi. Burbadge, James and Richard, fa- ther and fon, celebrated actors from Warwickshire, xi. Burghley, Lord, his offence at Spenfer's praife of Abp. Grindal, xxxvi; his oppofition to Spenfer, lxxxiii, lxxxiv; praifed and ex- cufed by Thomas Lodge, lxxxv; his reluctance to reward Spenfer and Spenfer's verfes upon him, lxv; his temporary retirement from public affairs, lxxxvi.
Callaghan, Joan Ny, a party fup-
ported by Spenfer in 1593 against Lord Fermoy, cxxiii. Camden, William, his notice of the death and burial of Spenfer, xii, cxlv; applauded by Spenfer, Ixxix; his account of the burning of Spenfer's caftle, &c., cxxxix. Canterbury, Abp., Whitgift, his li- cenfing of various works for pub- lication, xxxv.
"Canticus Canticorum," a loft work by Spenfer, lxxv.
Carew, Sir George, the Council's Letter to, in favour of Spenfer's widow and children, clii. Chalkhill, John, a poet, Author of "Thealma and Clearchus," and a friend of Spenfer, cxxxv; pro- bably the author of "Alcilia,” 1613, clxvii.
Chettle, Henry, his allufion to Spenfer in "England's Mourning Garment," 1603, lxxix. Child, Prof. F. J., his "Memoir of Spenfer," and edition of his "Poems," ix, xxvi; his miftake regarding Edmund Spenfer," 1. Churchyard, Thomas, employed by Government in 1576, xx; Queen Elizabeth's grant of a penfion to, and his imputed epigram, lxvi. Cockayne, Sir Afton, his statement
that "The Fairy Queen" was left unfinished, cxli.
"Colin Clouts come Home again," by Edmund Spenfer, mentioned, xiii; its Appendix of Elegies on Sidney, lv, lviii; the poets cele brated in it, lxxiii; the dates of its authorship and publication con-
fidered, lxxiii, xciii; emendations made in it after 1591, xciii; not licensed by that name at Stationers' Hall, cxxi.
Comedies, nine loft, attributed to Spenfer by G. Harvey, xlv. "Complaints," by Spenfer, published in 1591, and entry of it at Sta- tioners' Hall, lxxiv.
Cooper, C. H. and Thompson, their "Athenæ Cantabrigienfes,” xxiv. xxvi; quoted refpecting E. K., or Edward Kirke, xxxiv. Cork, the city of, Spenfer's fecond wife from that neighbourhood, cxii; the county of, Spenser re- commended for Sheriff of it in 1598, cxxxvii.
Craik, Profeffor G., his "Spenfer and his Poetry," ix, xxviii, cliv. "Court of Cupid," a poem by Ed- mund Spenfer, xlii.
Cunningham, Mr. Peter, his "Ex- tracts from the Accounts of the Revels at Court,” xix. Curteys, Nicholas, obtains Spenser's Clerkship of Munster in the year 1593, cxxiii. "Cynthia," a loft poem, by Sir Walter Raleigh, lxiii; a poem fo named by Richard Barnefield, in Spenfer's ftanza, 1595, lxiii, cvi; fpecimens from, cvii.
Danes, St. Clement, Edmund Spen-
fer's first marriage inferred from an entry in the Registers, xv. Daniel, Samuel, his praife of the Avon in his " Delia," 1592, x; praised by Tho. Lodge, in his
Phillis," 1593, xc; Daniel's "Delia," and the separate editions of it in 1592, c; his cenfure of Spenfer's fubject and language, ci; praised and encouraged by Spenfer, xci; various editions of " Delia,” "Cleopatra," &c., xciv. Daphnaida," on the death of Lady Douglas Howard, [Gorges] by Spenfer, 1596, lxxxviii, ccxxv. Davifon's "Poetical Rhapfody," 1602, 1608, and 1611, cited re- garding Sidney, Spenfer, and Ro- falind, xxvii.
"Defence of Poefie," 1595, by Sir
Philip Sidney, xxxi.
Dekker, Thomas, his "Knights
Conjuring," 1607, quoted to show that "The Fairy Queen 99 was never finished, cxliii. "Delia," by Samuel Daniel, and the praise of the river Avon in it, x; various editions of, xciv, c. Derby, Ferdinando, Earl of, his death, in 1594, celebrated by Spenfer, xciii, xcv; Thomas Nash's fonnet upon him, xcvi. "Difcourfe of Civil Life," 1606, by Lodowick Bryskett, Spenser men- tioned in, li, Íxi.
Dorfet, the Countess of, her monu-
ment to Spenfer, cxlix. Dove, John, his tranflation of "The Shepherd's Calendar" into Latin, xxviii, xxxvii.
Dowland, John, praised by Shake- fpeare in "The Paffionate Pil- grim," 1599, cviii. Drayton, Michael, from Warwick- fhire, x; his " Shepherd's Gar- land," 1593, cited regarding Ro- falind, xxvii; Spenfer's omiffion of any notice of Drayton, xcviii; Drayton's allufion to Shakespeare's "Lucrece" in 1594, and fubfequent omiffion of it, xcviii; his mention of Spenfer in his "Paftorals," 1593, xcix; his praise of Spenfer in his "Matilda," 1594, c; " The Metamorphofis of Tobacco" in- scribed to Drayton in 1602, cxxxiii; his monument erected by the Countess of Dorset, cxlix. "Dreams," or "Vifions," by Ed- mund Spenfer, G. Harvey's opi- nion of, xxv; mentioned by Ed- ward Kirke in 1579, xlii; and by G. Harvey in 1580, xlvii. Drummond, William, of Haw- thornden, his Converfation with Ben Jonfon regarding Spenser and the Irish rebels, cxxxviii. Du Bartas, part of his works tranf- lated by Sir P. Sidney, liv. Dyer, Sir Edward, and his produc- tions, lxxvi; his "Six Idyls of Theocritus," 1588, lxxvi; his "Praife of Nothing," 1585, lxxvi; his death and burial in Southwark in 1607, lxxvii.
"Ecclefiaftes," a loft work, by Spen- fer, lxxv.
Egerton, Sir Philip de M. Grey, his publication of the "Commen- mentary of Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton," xlix.
Egerton, Sir Thomas, married to the Countess of Derby, lxxx. Elizabeth, Queen, her name the fame as that of Spenfer's mother and fecond wife, xiv, cxi; her gratifi- cation at Spenfer's poetry, lxiv; her grant to Spenfer of a penfion of 50l., lxv; praises of, by Spen- fer, and applaufes of himself, lxxxix; her Letter recommending Spenfer for Sheriff of Cork in 1598, cxxxvii.
"Elvish Queen," i. e. "The Fairy Queen," fo ftyled by Gabriel Harvey, xliv.
"England's Mourning Garment," by Henry Chettle, lxxix.
English Mirror," 1586, by G. Whetstone, on the conduct of Ar- thur Lord Grey of Wilton, xlix. English Poet," a loft work, by Spenfer, cxlviii.
Enniscorthy Abbey and Manor, a leafe of, granted to Spenfer, xlix. Epithalamion," by Spenfer on his marriage in 1594, cxvii. "Epithalamion Thamefis," a poem by Spenfer, xix.
Effex, the Earl of, his manfion near the Temple, xvi; and Sir Roger Williams, their efcape from court, lix; celebrated in Spenfer's " Pro- thalamion," 1596, cxxvi; pays the coft of Spenfer's funeral, cxlv; his bounty to Spenfer at the poet's death, cxxxviii, cli.
"Fairy Queen," by Spenfer, at what date first mentioned, xliii; where written, lxi; publication of the first three Books in 1590, lxvii; commendatory poems, in the edi- tion of 1590, Ixix; three addi- tional Books of, put to prefs in 1595, and published with the reft in 1596,cxviii; proofs that it never was completed, cxxxix.
"Dying Pelican," a loft work, by Farmer, Dr. R., and the dates of
Spenfer, xlvii, lxxv, lxxvi.
Eaft Smithfield, Spenser supposed to have been born in, xiv.
Spenfer's College-degrees, x. "Father Hubburd's Tales," 1604, and Spenfer's "Mother Hubberd's Tale," 1591, lxxxii.
Fermoy, Viscount, his legal pro- ceedings against Spenfer, regard- ing land, in 1593, cxxii. Field, Richard, the printer, a native of Stratford-on-Avon, lxxi; ap- prentice to T. Vautroullier in 1579, lxxii; printer of the "Fairy Queen," cxix; printer of Shake- fpeare's "Venus and Adonis,' 1593, and "Lucrece," 1 594, cxix. "Fig for Momus," 1595, by Tho. Lodge, with the praife of Lord Burghley, lxxxv. Fitzgeoffrey, Charles, his " Affaniæ”
and "Cenotaphia," 1601, quoted regarding Spenfer, cxli. Florence, Edmund Spenfer's daugh-
ter; a favourite chriftian name in the family of Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton, xvii. "Four Hymns" by Edm. Spenfer, 1596, and their history, cxxiv. Fuller, Thomas, his "Worthies
quoted regarding Lord Burghley and Spenfer, lxv.
Gascoigne, George, the poet, em- ployed by Government in 1576, xx; patronised by Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton, xlviii. Gorges, Arthur, Spenfer's "Daph- naida on the death of his wife, lxxxviii; called Alcyon in “Daph- naida" and in "Colin Clout's come Home again," lxxxix. Goffon, Stephen, his unauthorized dedication of "The School of Abufe" to Sir P. Sidney, xxxi, lxxvi; his Sermon called "The Trumpet of War," 1598, xxxii. Greene, Robert, G. Harvey's Letters and Sonnets concerning, lii; his Menaphon," 1587, and Thomas Nafh's Epiftle before it, cx; his plagiarifm from a poem by Francis Thynne, cxlvi.
Greene, Thomas, a poet from War- wickshire, x.
Greville, Fulk, his interference in 1586, regarding the printing of Sidney's" Arcadia," liii. Grey, Arthur Lord, of Wilton, appoints Spenfer his Secretary in Ireland in 1580, xlviii; his return from Ireland in 1582, 1; the pa- tron of G. Gafcoigne and Tur- bervile, xlviii; his death in 1593, and Epitaphs upon him, civ.
Grey of Wilton, Edmund, Lord, and his wife, Florence, xvii. "Guiftard and Sifmond," an ancient poem founded upon Boccaccio's novel, dedicated to Edmund Spen- fer in 1597, cxxxv.
Hall, Jofeph, his cenfure of Spenfer and his "Fairy Queen," xxxix; his praife of Spenfer, clxxii. Halliwell, Mr. J. O., his tract on "Character of Falstaff," clxviii. Hardiman, Mr. J., his "Irifh Min- ftrelfy," xlix, lvii; quoted regard- ing Spenfer and Lord Fermoy in 1593, cxxiv. Harington, Sir John, his tranflation of Orlando Furiofo, 1591, Ivi; his "Apology of Poetry" and "The Art of Poetry," cxlviii. Harrison, John, affignment of "The Shepherd's Calendar ” to, xxxiii. Harvey, Gabriel, his first acquaint- ance with Spenfer, xxiv; his paf- toral name of Hobbinol, xxvi; a Fellow of Pembroke Hall in 1570, xxiv; his "Three proper, and witty familiar Letters,” 1580,xxvi; E. K.'s Epiftle before "The Shepherd's Calendar," addreffed to, xxxiii; not the editor of "The Shepherd's Calendar,” xl ; his "Letters and Sonnets touching Robert Greene," lii; his Stanzas
"The Fairy Queen," lxvii; his blame of Spenser for “ Mother Hubberd's Tale," lxxxii. "Hell of Lovers," a loft work, by Spenfer, lxxv.
Hexameters and Pentameters, the endeavour to introduce and em- ploy them in English, xxv. Hobbinol, Spenfer's pastoral name for Gabriel Harvey, xxvi, lxvii. "Hours of the Lord," a loft work, by Spenfer, lxxv.
"How the good Wife taught her Daughter," the fame old poem as "The Northern Mother's Blef- fing," cxxxv.
Howard, the Lady Douglas, Elegy on her death, by Spenfer, lxxxviii. Hurtwood, Lancashire, the probable abode of Spenser's relations, and of Rofalind, xxviii.
"Idea, the Shepherd's Garland,"
1593, by Michael Drayton, and
the notices of Spenfer in it, xcix. "Idyls of Theocritus, Six," 1588, tranflated and published by Sir Ed- ward Dyer, lxxvi.
James VI, of Scotland, his Letter to Queen Elizabeth in 1583, li. Jonfon, Ben, his account of the burning of Spenfer's house and infant in Ireland, cxxxviii.
Kilcolman, the Caftle and Manor of, given to Spenfer, lvii; Spen- fer's fecond wife " a country lafs" from near, cxiii. King Street, Westminster, the place where Spenfer died, cxliv. Kingsbury, in Warwickshire, the
refidence of an Edmund Spenfer, x. Kirke, Edward, a college-friend of Spenfer in 1570, xxvi; the owner of the initials E. K., and his pro- grefs at College, xxxiv. K. E., i. e. Edward Kirke, the Editor of Spenfer's "Shepherd's Calendar," 1579, xxvi. Kirke, Mistress, probably the mo- ther of E. K., xxxiv, clxv. "Knight's Conjuring," a tract by Thomas Dekker, quoted to show that "The Fairy Queen' never finished, cxliii.
McHenry, or, Mr. Henry, appointed keeper of Spenfer's woods near Kilcolman, ciii.
Manningham's" Diary," quoted re- garding Lord Burghley's parfi- mony to Spenfer, lxv.
Menalcas, his fuccefs with Rofalind, and her confequent falfehood to Spenfer, xxvii.
"Menaphon," 1587, by Robert Greene, and Thomas Nash's Epif- tle before it, cx.
"Midfummer Night's Dream," allu- fion to Spenfer in it, xi, lxxx. "Mother Hubberd's Tale," 1591, by Spenfer, imitated by T. M. and forbidden, lxxxi, lxxxii.
Mourning Mufe of Theftylis," by Lodowick Bryskett, licensed in 1587, but not in 1595, lv, cxxii. "Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterfly," 1591, by Edmund Spenfer, xiii, lxxxvi.
Mulla, the river, and the beauty of the scenery near it, xxxi.
Mutability, two Cantos of," a continuation of "The Fairy Queen," printed in 1609, cxx; doubt whether Spenfer wrote them in Ireland, cxlii.
Nangle or Nagle, Ellen, marriage of, to Sylvanus Spenfer, cliii. Nash, Thomas, and Gabriel Harvey, their enmity and contention, xxiv; Nafh's ridicule of the Latin mea- fures in English, xxxi; the licensing of his "Pierce Penniless' Suppli- cation," 1592, xxxv; his mention of Spenfer's" Mother Hubberd's Tale, lxxxiii; his "Chrift's Tears over Jerufalem," 1593 and 1594, lxxxvii; his "Pierce Pen- nilefs' Supplication to the Devil," 1592 and 1593, and Sonnet in it on the Earl of Derby, xcv; his praise of the Countess of Pem- broke, cxv; his applause of Daniel's "Rofamond,' ci; his birth and family at Lowestoft,
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