<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/738">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[November 8 1596]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[November 8]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser possibly &ldquo;attended wedding of Earl of Worcester&rsquo;s daughters, celebrated in&rdquo; his poem, <em>Prothalamion</em>. (Maley, 68; Hadfield, 349)]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/650">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[November 9 1580]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[November 9]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Fort surrenders and 600 captives executed. Hadfield notes that Spenser defends Grey in both the <em>FQ</em>&nbsp;and <em>A View&nbsp;</em>but does not defend Grey&rsquo;s actions at Smerwick, an indication of how controversial the killing of captives was deemed even fifteen years later. (168) Judson speculates that Spenser refers to this episode in &ldquo;the climax of the Fifth Book of&rdquo; the <em>FQ</em>. (92)]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/720">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 12 1589]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 12]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Lord Roche writes a letter to Walsingham expressing his complaints against Spenser, which include accusations that Spenser had made corrupt bargains to obtain Kilcolman and had threatened Lord Roche’s tenants. Lord Roche felt he had been cheated out of gaining Kilcolman estate and hoped his complaints would reward him an investigation against Spenser and ultimately acquisition of Kilcolman. Spenser and some of his neighbors wrote a bill of complaints against Lord Roche on the same day, claiming that Lord Roche had harbored a traitor, spoke ill of the English government, and aided the Spanish, among other things. Spenser never lost Kilcolman, however. (Judson 134-35; Burlinson and Zurcher, 233)]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/741">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 13 1597]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October 13]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Burgh, the Lord Deputy, dies of typhus and a few weeks later Sir John Norris (President of Munster) dies and is replaced in the presidency by his brother and Spenser’s neighbor, Thomas. “These events left English rule in a vacuum, placing ‘civil and military authority in Ireland in the hands of a committee, with the inevitable consequences of indecisions and procrastination.’ For the rest of Spenser’s life there would be no chief governor in Ireland.” (Hadfield, 362) ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/750">
    <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/688">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 1584]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Spenser returns to Dublin. (Maley, 40)]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/716">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 1588]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[&quot;Spenser [is] officially established as Lodowick Bryskett&#039;s deputy as Clerk to the Council of Munster&quot; (Hadfield, 192) ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/730">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[October 1593]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[October ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Lord Grey dies, possibly prompting Spenser&rsquo;s defense of him in Book V of the <em>FQ</em>. (Maley, 60)]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/747">
    <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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/646">
    <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>
</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>
