Excerpt from The Works of Edmund Spenser, Vol. 8 of 8: With the Principal Illustrations of Various Commentators Verr 2. Tityrus] Chaueer. See vol. Ii. P. Cxxxiii. In this poem Spenfer has introduced many poets alfo of his own time, either by their real or fictitious names; of whom notice has been already taken in the Life of Spenfer. He has alfo celebrated the reigning Beauties, as well as_wits, of that age; buttime, fays Mr. Hughes, has blended them both' in that common obfcurity that we can trace out but few of them by their true names. I have ventured lioiwever, in the Life of the poet, to make fome additions to Mr. Hughes's account of theic diftinguilhed characters. Obn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.