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FOOTNOTES:
Ver. 8.--_Verlame._ Veralam, or Verulamium, was a British and Roman
town, near the present city of St. Alban's in Hertfordshire. Some
remains of its walls are still perceptible. H.
Ver. 64.--_Th'Assyrian Lyonesse._ These types of nations are taken
from the seventh chapter of the book of Daniel. H.
Ver. 190.--_I saw him die_. Leicester died at Cornbury Lodge, in
Oxfordshire. Todd suggests that he may have fallen sick at St. Alban's,
and that Spenser, hearing the report in Ireland, may havo concluded
without inquiry that this was the place of his subsequent death, C.
Ver. 225.--_Colin Cloute._ Spenser himself, who had been befriended by
Leicester. H.
Ver. 239.--_His brother._ Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick.
Ver. 245.--_His noble spouse._ Anne, the eldest daughter of Francis
Russell, Earl of Bedford.
Ver. 260.--_His sister_. Lady Mary Sidney.
Ver. 261.--_That good earle_, &c. This Earl of Bedford died in 1585.--
TODD.
Ver. 267.--_He, noble bud_, &c. Edward Russell, grandson of Francis
Earl of Bedford, succeeded in the earldom, his father, Francis, having
been slain by the Scots.
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