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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[December 8 1586]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[December 8]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[December 8: Spenser becomes "delinquent in payment of first fruits, a sum required of the occupant of a benefice upon taking his charge, with respect to the prebendary of Effin, possibly a sinecure post (<em>CSPI</em>&nbsp;127.18)." (Maley, 44) Hadfield notes this amount at &pound;3, and explains that the Act for First Fruits gave the pope a "claim to a percentage of the income derived from the first year of any ecclesiastical benefice to the king." (191) Both Maley (44) and Hadfield (191-92) mention that Spenser satirizes unqualified (un-ordained) holders of clerical offices in <em>Mother Hubberds Tale</em>.]]></dcterms:description>
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