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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[July 1 1577]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[July 1]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser in Ireland, possibly as a bearer of letters from the Earl of Leicester to Sir Henry Sidney and Sir William Drury, where he witnesses the execution of Murrogh O&rsquo;Brien at Limerick. (recorded in <em>View</em>; Maley, 6)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[July 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[July 1580]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser appointed secretary to Arthur, fourteenth Lord Grey de Wilton, upon his departure from England to become Lord Deputy of Ireland. (Maley, 12) &quot;Spenser was probably made an offer he could not refuse [as Grey’s secretary], and, although it may not have been quite what he wanted, Ireland was a land in which fortunes large and small could be made, high standards of living could be enjoyed, and there was access to property for those without any obvious means of obtaining it in England. Spenser’s Irish career illustrates these possibilities as well as any, given his ultimate acquisition of the Kilcolman estate and marriage into the phenomenally wealthy Boyle family. His own writings suggest that he was preparing himself for such a career and using his access to print to advertise his range of skills and availability.&quot; (Hadfield, 155)<br />
Spenser received £20 yearly salary and £15 per year as an allowance for paper, ink, and parchment. (Hadfield, 154-55) <br />
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[August 12 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[August 12 1580]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Grey and his entourage arrive in Dublin, &quot;Spenser most likely accompanies him&quot;; at Dublin Castle, Spenser probably “started his new life taking rooms in the castle.” (Hadfield, 156; Burlinson and Zurcher, 224) ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[August 25 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[August 25]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Grey defeated by O&rsquo;Byrne at Glenmalure in the Wicklow Mountains; Spenser &ldquo;refers directly to the defeat in his account of the marriage of the Thames and the Medway&rdquo; in <em>FQ</em>&nbsp;IV.xi.44, line 5&mdash;"balefull Oure, late staind with English blood" (a pun is made on the &ldquo;balefull,&rdquo; <em>i.e</em>., evil, <em>mal-</em>[O]ure). Spenser also references this loss in <em>A View</em>, "indicating that this first observation of Irish warfare imprinted itself on Spenser&rsquo;s imagination." (Hadfield, 157)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[September 7 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[September 7]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser probably present at Grey&rsquo;s investiture as Lord Deputy in St. Patrick&rsquo;s Cathedral in Dublin. (Maley, 13) Judson speculates that Spenser witnessed this ceremony and that it relates to when &ldquo;Artegall in the <em>FQ</em>&nbsp;was represented as receiving Chrysaor.&rdquo; (89)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[September 9 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[September 9]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser accompanies Grey and Pelham to Drogheda. (Maley, 13) ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 6 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 6]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser accompanies Grey on military expedition to Dingle, County Kerry to engage with the Papal forces ensconced in the fort of Dunanoir&mdash;The Golden Fort&mdash;at Smerwick. (Maley, 14) "We can be sure that Spenser was with him, as there are letters in his hand, which were written while on the campaign." (Hadfield, 161) [For these letters and all correspondence in Spenser&rsquo;s hand, see Andrew Zurcher and Christopher Burlinson (eds), <em>Spenser&rsquo;s Letters&hellip;</em>]]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 17 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 17]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser leaves Cork for Limerick with Grey and army. (Maley, 14) ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 31 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 31]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser and English forces reach Smerwick. (Maley, 14) ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[November 7-8 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[November 7-8]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser with Grey when Lord Deputy attacks The Golden Fort at Smerwick. (Maley, 14) ]]></dcterms:description>
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