The Faerie Queene — Volume 01

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Faerie Queene Volume 1, by Edmund SpenserThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.net** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in thisfile. **Please note, this eBook contains both copyrighted and public domain portions. Read the NOTE below for furtherinformation.Title: The Faerie Queene Volume 1Author: Edmund SpenserEditor: Jonathan BarnesRelease Date: January 21, 2005 [EBook #6930]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FAERIE QUEENE VOLUME 1 ***Portions Copyright (C) 2004 by Jonathan BarnesA NOTE ON THIS EDITIONThis is an electronic edition of Volume One of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene. You are encouraged to use and copyit.The edition includes the following elements:- an entirely new composite text, based on the edition of 1596 (the "Original Text")- details of departures, or proposed departures, from the copy text (the "Textual Appendix")- a modernized version of the Original Text (the "Shadow Text")- definitions of difficult words and phrases in the Shadow Text (the "Glossary").The Original Text was not scanned, but typed, and proofed against theScolar Press facsimile (see Bibliography). Editing took place ...