EMPRESSE RENOWMED FOR PIETIE VERTVE AND ALL GRATIOVS GOVERNMENT ELIZABETH BY THE GRACE OF GOD QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRAVNCE AND IRELAND AND OF VIRGINIA DEFENDOVR OF THE FAITH &c. HER MOST HUMBLE SERVAUNT EDMVND SPENSER DOTH IN ALL HUMILITIE DEDICATE PRESENT AND CONSECRATE THESE HIS LABOVRS TO LIVE WITH THE ETERNITIE OF HER FAME. This is the Dedication of the Edition of 1596. To the Edition of 1590 the following brief compliment only is prefixed. "To the moft mightie and magnificent Empreffe Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queene of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Her most humble fervant Ed. Spenfer." TODD. |
