This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ... equall conquest wonne, And monstrous tyrants with his club subdewed; The club of Iustice dread with kingly powre endewed. 1 Intreat, treat. 2 Sient, scion. 3 Fordmuus, ruined.. III. And such was he of whom I have to tell, The Champion of true Iustice, Artegall: VVhom (as ye lately mote remember well) An hard adventure, which did then befall, Into redoubted perill forth did call; That was, to succour a distressed Dame Whom a strong Tyrant did uniustly thrall, And from the heritage, which she did clame, .Did with strong hand withhold; Grantorto was his name. IV. Wherefore the Lady, which Irena hight,1 Did to the Faerie Queene her way addresse, To whom complayning her afliicted plight, She her besought of gratious redresse: That soveraine queene, that mightie emperesse, Whose glorie is to aide all suppliants pore, And of weake princes to be patronesse, Chose Artegall to right her to restore; For that to her he seem'd best skild in righteous lore. V. For Artegall in iustice was upbrought 1 Hight, was called. III. 2.--fl1'tegall. In Artegal, Spenser is conjectured to have drawn Arthur, Lord Grey of Wilton, who was lord lieutenant of Ireland, and to whom Spenser was secretary. III. 9.--Grantarto. This is compounded of two Italian words, and means great wrong. "Though Grantorto may signify tyranny and injustice in general, he may signify sometimes the king of Spain."--Urron. IV. 1.--Irena. "Irena, or Irene, is an anagram, or tmnsposition of the letters of Icrne, the ancient name of Ireland."--Cuuncn. Even from the cradle of his infancie, And all the depth of rightfull doome was taught By faire Astraea, with great industrie, Whilest here on earth she lived mortallie: For, till the world fiom his perfection fell Into...