Supplement to the 'Faery Queene', 1635
Scope and Contents
'A supplement of the Faery Queene, in three bookes, wherein are allegorically described affaires both military and civill of these times', beginning ('Seventh book', canto I stanza 1) 'Aurora still bewailing Memnon's fate ...', and continuing to stanza 47 of canto 12 in the ninth book. There are numerous corrections here and there, and whole stanzas erased. On the title page is the following entry by the same hand: 'This was finished anno dom. 1635'. The preface embodies part of Spenser's letter to Sir Walter Raleigh. By Ralph Knevet.
Dates
- Creation: 1635
Creator
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Extent
1 volume(s) (376 pages + prefatory matter.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
From the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’), no. 64.
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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