January 13 1599

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January 13 1599

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January 13

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Spenser dies in London. (Burlinson and Zurcher, 234; Judson, 202) “Ben Jonson told Drummond ‘that the Irish having robbed Spenser’s good and burnt his house and a little child new born, he and his wife escaped, and after[wards] he died for lack of break in King Street.’” (Maley, 80) Hadfield speculates that Spenser may have died from illness, disease, and/or trauma brought on from the loss of his estate, or simply old age. (391)

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“January 13 1599,” Collections @ ECU, accessed November 13, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/758.

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