Does the poet mean that
allegiance
to queen and country comes
before private affection?
before private affection?
Spenser - Faerie Queene - 1
64. According to the physiology of Spenser's age, love was supposed to dry
up the humors ("moysture") of the body.
70. BUT TOLD, i. e. if it (my love) is told.
100. ENSAMPLE MAKE OF HIM, witness him (the Redcross knight).
113. WHILES EVERY SENCE, etc. , while the sweet moisture bathed all my
senses.
146. NEXT TO THAT LADIES LOVE, i. e. next to his love (loyalty) for
Gloriana.
Does the poet mean that allegiance to queen and country comes
before private affection?
149. WAS FIRMEST FIXT, etc. , were strongest in my extremity (in the giant's
dungeon).
169. A BOOKE, the New Testament, an appropriate gift from the champions of
the Reformed Church.
182. AN ARMED KNIGHT, Sir Trevisan, who symbolizes Fear.
189. PEGASUS, the winged horse of the Muses. For note on the false
possessive with _his_, see note on V, 44.
233. HAD NOT GREATER GRACE, etc. , had not greater grace (than was granted
my comrade) saved me from it, I should have been partaker (with him of his
doom) in that place.
249. AFTER FAIRE AREEDES, afterwards graciously tells.
