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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Ulster rebellion led by Tyrone during Nine Years War spreads south into Munster.  Kilcolman burned. Legend has it that Spenser lost a child in the fire. Spenser likely takes refuge in town of Cork. (Judson, 198-199)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 4 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 4]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter from Sir Thomas Norris, James Goold, and George Thornton to the Privy Council mentions Irish forces marching on Arlo, meaning Spenser’s estate is threatened. Hadfield mentions that “this intelligence had been ignored by the Dublin authorities.” (Maley, 72-73; 382)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 7 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 7]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Tyrone’s rebellion causes the overthrowing of Munster plantation. (Maley, 73)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 15 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 15]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Kilcolman is likely sacked and razed around this date. &ldquo;Spenser and his family are reputed to have escaped through an underground passage known as the Fox hole, which led to caves north of the castle.&rdquo; (<em>CSPI</em>&nbsp;202.113; Maley, 73) [No such hole has been found by archaeologists]. A note from this date &ldquo;lists the spoils committed by Onie O&rsquo;More, James FitzThomas, and Captain Tyrell in the barony of Buttevant, immediately next to Spenser&rsquo;s estate.&rdquo; (Hadfield, 385)]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/751">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 23 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 23]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Sir Thomas Norris writes to Sir Robert Cecil from Cork advising him of the traitor David Maurice and that some of Spenser’s neighbors, the Barrys, had also joined the rebellion. (Hadfield, 383)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[December 5 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Spenser in Cork. (<em>CSPI</em>&nbsp;202, pt 4.12; Maley, 75)]]></dcterms:subject>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[December 9 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[December 9]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser leaves Cork for England to deliver Norris&rsquo;s letter to the Privy Council. (<em>CSPI</em>&nbsp;202.15; Maley, 75; Burlinson and Zurcher, 234)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[December 14-16 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[December 14-16]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser arrives in London. (Hadfield, 390)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[September 30 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[September 30]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser made Sheriff of Cork, though he may not have been aware of his appointment until his later trip to England since he was a refugee. (Judson, 200)]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[December 24 1598]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[December 24]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser in England at Whitehall, where he delivers Norris’s letters detailing the state of affairs in Ireland. (Judson, 201) Hadfield says Spenser “may well have attended the court in session at Whitehall…but he probably completed his business before this point, given the gravity of the situation in Munster.” (391)]]></dcterms:description>
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