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Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse (Oxford, 1991), pp. 371-3; Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 70-4.
31 See J. Guy (ed.), The Reign of Elizabeth I: court and culture in the last decade (Cambridge, 1995), passim.
32 'To give the lie', that is, to accuse a person to their face of lying (Oxford English Dictionary, 1989).
33 'God' is given as 'good' in other MSS.
34 Rudick, Poems, nos 54A-C; Latham, Poems, no. 30. See Rudick, Poems, pp. Lxix-Lxxiii and fn. 75 on problems of attribution; also Latham, Poems, pp. 140-3; Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 121-6; P. Edwards, Sir Walter Ralegh (London, 1953), pp. 93-6; Lefranc, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 84-5.
35 Hatfield MS 144. Rudick, Poems, nos 24-7, pp. xlviii-li; Latham, Poems, nos 22-5, pp. 122-8.
36 K. Duncan Jones, 'The date of Raleigh's "21th and last booke of the Ocean to Scinthia"', Review (?f English Studies 21 (1970), 143-58. We are grateful to Professor Duncan-Jones for drawing her article to our attention. Some critics have suggested that the long Cynthia poem, and possibly others, may have been written at different moments in Ralegh's career and knitted together later. This is possible, but we cannot be sure and must work with what we have.
37 E. Spenser, Colin Clouts Come HomeAgaine (1595)11.164-71 in Poetical Warks, J. C. Smith and E. de Selincourt (eds) (Oxford, 1912), pp. 535-45; Dedicatory Letter of the Author to Sir Walter Ralegh for Colin Clout Comes HomeAgaine, dated by Spenser 27 December 1591; Dedicatory Letter to The Faerie Qteene; Greenblatt, Sir Walter Raleplm, pp. 60-4.
38 Oakeshott, The Queen and the Poet, p. 139.
39 Ralegh transcribed this poem in a notebook of geographical information relating to The History of the World (BL,Add. MS 57555).
40 Rudick, Poems, pp. 157-8.
41 Rudick, Poems, no. 25; Latham, Poems, no. 23.
42 Or 'spiteful'.
43 Letters of Ralegh, p. 70. The Queen was about to depart for Nonsuch Palace, Surrey.
44 Rudick, Poems, no. 26; Latham, Poems, no. 24. There are valuable commentaries in Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 60-98; P. Edwards, Sir Walter Ralegh (London, 1953), pp. 110-26.
45 The reading in Edwards, Sir Walter Ralegh, has proved to be of great help. See also Oakeshott, The Queen and the Poet, pp. 176-209.
46 The second person in the poem is never the Queen, usually 'his joys'.
47 The Queen had ordered him to return in May 1592 from the voyage he was appointed to command to Panama: above, Chapter Three, p. 68; Chapter Four, p. 75. Rudick, Poems, p. 1, fn. 40.
48 i.e. embraced.
49 'Like truthles dreames': Rudick, Poems, no. 17; Latham, Poems, no. 12. The line in Cynthia provides a firm attribution for no. 17, which would otherwise be uncertain.
50 'lyuies' = limbs;'a bleedinge' = ableeding.
51 Underscored in the MS.
52 i.e. deceit.
53 Ku dick, Poems, nos 32, 33.
54 For different views on this see Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 87-98; A. Beer, "'Knowing shee cann renew"; Sir Walter in praise of the Virgin Queen', Criticism 34 (1992), 497-516.
55 Ben Jonson claimed that 'the best wits in England' had a hand in writing the History; see Rudick, Poems, pp. lix, 81-104.
56 HW, Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 6.
57 HW, Book 1, Chapter 2, Section 5.
58 HW, Book 1, Chapter 6, Section 3.
59 Below, Chapter Eleven, pp. 248-52.
60 Rudick, Poems, no. 29C; also 29A, 29B and pp. hi-liv, 164-6. Latham, Poems, no. 31. Latham prints the version set to music by Orlando Gibbons. The eight-line versions are similar but mostly lack the last two lines.
61 A. Righter, Shakespeare and the Idea of the Play (London, 1967); L. G. Christian, Theatrum Mundi: the history of an idea (London, 1987).
62 Below, p. 259; HW, Preface, sig. D 1 v; Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 26-56.
63 Rudick, Poems, no. 31; Latham, Poems, no. 35. HW, Book 5, Chapter 1, Section 9.
64 Rudick, Poems, no. 30 and pp. liv, 166-7. The poem seems to be a translation from a French original.
65 Rudick, Poems, nos 32-4,
31 See J. Guy (ed.), The Reign of Elizabeth I: court and culture in the last decade (Cambridge, 1995), passim.
32 'To give the lie', that is, to accuse a person to their face of lying (Oxford English Dictionary, 1989).
33 'God' is given as 'good' in other MSS.
34 Rudick, Poems, nos 54A-C; Latham, Poems, no. 30. See Rudick, Poems, pp. Lxix-Lxxiii and fn. 75 on problems of attribution; also Latham, Poems, pp. 140-3; Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 121-6; P. Edwards, Sir Walter Ralegh (London, 1953), pp. 93-6; Lefranc, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 84-5.
35 Hatfield MS 144. Rudick, Poems, nos 24-7, pp. xlviii-li; Latham, Poems, nos 22-5, pp. 122-8.
36 K. Duncan Jones, 'The date of Raleigh's "21th and last booke of the Ocean to Scinthia"', Review (?f English Studies 21 (1970), 143-58. We are grateful to Professor Duncan-Jones for drawing her article to our attention. Some critics have suggested that the long Cynthia poem, and possibly others, may have been written at different moments in Ralegh's career and knitted together later. This is possible, but we cannot be sure and must work with what we have.
37 E. Spenser, Colin Clouts Come HomeAgaine (1595)11.164-71 in Poetical Warks, J. C. Smith and E. de Selincourt (eds) (Oxford, 1912), pp. 535-45; Dedicatory Letter of the Author to Sir Walter Ralegh for Colin Clout Comes HomeAgaine, dated by Spenser 27 December 1591; Dedicatory Letter to The Faerie Qteene; Greenblatt, Sir Walter Raleplm, pp. 60-4.
38 Oakeshott, The Queen and the Poet, p. 139.
39 Ralegh transcribed this poem in a notebook of geographical information relating to The History of the World (BL,Add. MS 57555).
40 Rudick, Poems, pp. 157-8.
41 Rudick, Poems, no. 25; Latham, Poems, no. 23.
42 Or 'spiteful'.
43 Letters of Ralegh, p. 70. The Queen was about to depart for Nonsuch Palace, Surrey.
44 Rudick, Poems, no. 26; Latham, Poems, no. 24. There are valuable commentaries in Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 60-98; P. Edwards, Sir Walter Ralegh (London, 1953), pp. 110-26.
45 The reading in Edwards, Sir Walter Ralegh, has proved to be of great help. See also Oakeshott, The Queen and the Poet, pp. 176-209.
46 The second person in the poem is never the Queen, usually 'his joys'.
47 The Queen had ordered him to return in May 1592 from the voyage he was appointed to command to Panama: above, Chapter Three, p. 68; Chapter Four, p. 75. Rudick, Poems, p. 1, fn. 40.
48 i.e. embraced.
49 'Like truthles dreames': Rudick, Poems, no. 17; Latham, Poems, no. 12. The line in Cynthia provides a firm attribution for no. 17, which would otherwise be uncertain.
50 'lyuies' = limbs;'a bleedinge' = ableeding.
51 Underscored in the MS.
52 i.e. deceit.
53 Ku dick, Poems, nos 32, 33.
54 For different views on this see Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 87-98; A. Beer, "'Knowing shee cann renew"; Sir Walter in praise of the Virgin Queen', Criticism 34 (1992), 497-516.
55 Ben Jonson claimed that 'the best wits in England' had a hand in writing the History; see Rudick, Poems, pp. lix, 81-104.
56 HW, Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 6.
57 HW, Book 1, Chapter 2, Section 5.
58 HW, Book 1, Chapter 6, Section 3.
59 Below, Chapter Eleven, pp. 248-52.
60 Rudick, Poems, no. 29C; also 29A, 29B and pp. hi-liv, 164-6. Latham, Poems, no. 31. Latham prints the version set to music by Orlando Gibbons. The eight-line versions are similar but mostly lack the last two lines.
61 A. Righter, Shakespeare and the Idea of the Play (London, 1967); L. G. Christian, Theatrum Mundi: the history of an idea (London, 1987).
62 Below, p. 259; HW, Preface, sig. D 1 v; Greenblatt, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 26-56.
63 Rudick, Poems, no. 31; Latham, Poems, no. 35. HW, Book 5, Chapter 1, Section 9.
64 Rudick, Poems, no. 30 and pp. liv, 166-7. The poem seems to be a translation from a French original.
65 Rudick, Poems, nos 32-4,
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