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Spenser would have traveled through or around the Bog of Allen, the largest in Ireland and a noted problem for soldiers; the Bog dominates the Irish midlands to the west of Dublin. Spenser compares the forces besieging the Castle of Alma to insects…

Spenser granted permission to postpone term arrearages of rent due on Buttevant Abbey, a property he had obtained for his son, Peregrine. (Judson, 195; Hadfield, 363-64)

Mary Stuart beheaded; Spenser later writes in FQabout Queen Elizabeth’s reluctance to kill her cousin and the justice of Mary’s punishment. (Judson, 122)

Often worn to keep warm during the coldest months, fur coats were a staple worn by the masses; paired with both traditional Russian clothing and the western European styles.