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II iv 3 m lieu of] in loue of conj Church, wandnng ketch 1590, These corrections all
vn 7 chace] The rhyme requires ' pray', hang together, and are clearly Spenser's
and so Collier suggested Spenser has this xxxv This stanza was quoted by Abraham
error—the substitution for a rhyming word of Ftaunce m his Arcadian Rhetorike two years
a metrically equivalent synonym which does before not F Q was published Fraunce quotes it
rhyme—in nine places in FQ
as from the ' Fame Queene, 2 booke, cant 4 ',
IX i whose] those 1596, 1609
showing that by 1588 this part of the poem
xxi 1 cald] calth 1596, 1609—owing to had been arranged as we have it
the following ' forth'
xxxvi 2 into] vnto 1596
xxni 2 boldly] bloudy 1596 boldy xli 2 Pyrrochles 1590, &c, passim corr
1609
F E
xxvui 2 both their champions] both her xlv 5 thus to fight] that did fight 1590
champions 1590 both their champion 1596,
1609
xxix 2 The quartos omit the comma ajter
' Erinnys', and insert it after ' harts'
xxx 1 there] their 1590,1596
xxxiv 9 thought their] though ther 1590
? ' thought her' ?
xxxvn 1 Fast] First 1590, &c corr
F E
xl 5 peaceably] peaceable 1596,1609
V Arg And Furors chayne vntyes
Who him sore wounds, whiles Aim to
Gymochlesfor ayd flyes 1590
v 9 do not much me faile] doe me not
much fayl 1590
vni 7 hurtle] hurle 1596 hurlen 1609
xu 8, 9 The meaning seems to be ' Nor
judge of thy might by fortune's unjust judge
ment, that hath (curse on her spite) thus laid me
xhi 6 make] The rhyme requires 'hold'. low' For ' maugre' see Glossary
See on II vii 7 above
xix 4 shee] hee 1590, 1596 7 do]
xliv 4 introld] entrold 1590
conj edd
enrold garre 1590—rejected as a provincialism per
haps not elsewhere in F Q , though used in
\SC
xxvn 3 her] his 1596
xxix 5 pricking] prickling 1590
xxxi 5 Gaynd in Netnea] In Netmus
gayned 1590 Nemus F E
xxxiv 8 So, them deceiues] So, he them
deceiues 1590, 1596
III iv 5 A pleasing vaine of glory vaine
did find] A pleasing vaine of glory he did
find 1590 The reading of 1596 gives a play
on words that is quite Spenserian
ix 7 From] For 1396
xvin 6 deuice] aduise 1596, 1609
xx 5 As ghastly bug their haire on end
does reare] As ghastly bug does vnto them
afleare 1590 ' vnto' corr to ' greatly '
FE Spenser may have originally written
' appeare'
xxv 1 Vpon her eyelids many Graces
sate] In his Glosse on June tn S C , E K
quotes from Spenser's Pageaunts the line ' An
IV Arg 3 Phedon] Phaon 1590
x 4 He is not] He is no 1590, &c corr
F E
xvn 6 one] wretch 1590 8 occasion]
her guilful trech 1590 9 light vpon]
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VI 1 7 restrame] abstaine 1590 8 their]
her 1590
111 4 that nigh her breth was gone] as
I merry as Pope lone 1590 6 might to
her] to her might 1590
v 6 cut away] ? cut a way ?
xu 9 her sweet smels throw] throwe her
hundred Graces on her eyeledde satte' sweete smels 1590
xxvin 7 play] The rhyme requires xiv 9 a loud lay] a loue lay 1590
' sport' See on II vii 7 above
xvm 7 griesly] gnesy 1590 cf V xxix
xxxvm 4 haue I] I haue 1590—transposed 5 above
in 1596 for euphony
xxvn 9 there] their 1590,1596
xlv 4 one foot] on foot 1590,1596 xxix 2 importune] importance 1596
xlvi 9 erne] yerne 1609 In the sixteenth important 1609
century these two forms are both used to mean xxxvm 8 There by] Thereby 1590,1596
either ' long' or ' grieve'
xlni 7 lent this cursed light] lent but this
his cursed light 1590
xlv 3 Burning] But 1596
VII iv 4 yet] it 1596,1609 8 vpsidowne]
vpside downe 1590 This looks like
\ a deliberate return to an archaic form