Copynotes: | George Clarke has copied into the flyleaf Ben Jonson’s verdict on Spenser: ‘Spencer, in affecting the antients, writ no language, yet I would have him read for his matter; but as Virgil read Ennius.
Ben Johnson’s Discoveries pag. 116’.
General Title Page: 1617; Faerie Queene Pt.1: No colophon, 'YOung Knight'; Faerie Queene Pt. 2: 1613 on t.p., colophon 16012; Shepheardes Calender: 1617; Prosopopoia or Mother Hubberd's Tale: 1613; Letter to Raleigh: 'Allegro; Colin Clouts: 1617.
Bound in with this is:
A canto of the Fairy Queen written by Spenser never before published. London: printed for G. Hawkins … 1739
Note: 1613
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