501 With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty sty > rise, soar 502 To the last praises of this Faery Queen; last > (Speaking of that time when all 24 books of the poem will be complete) 503 Then shall it make more famous memory memory > memorial; historical record 504 Of your heroic parts, such as they been: parts > abilities, qualities been > [are; were] 505 Till then, vouchsafe your noble countenance countenance > regard 506 To these first labours' needed furtherance. furtherance > promotion; _also:_ improvement 507 508 509 To the right Honourable the Earle of 510 _Ormond and Ossory_. 511 512 REceiue most noble Lord a simple taste 513 Of the wilde fruit, which saluage soyl hath bred, 514 Which being through long wars left almost waste, 515 With brutish barbarisme is ouerspredd: 516 And in so faire a land, as may be redd, 517 Not one _Parnassus_, nor one _Helicone_ 518 Left for sweete Muses to be harboured, 519 But where thy selfe hast thy braue mansione; 520 There in deede dwel faire Graces many one. 521 And gentle Nymphes, delights of learned wits, 522 And in thy person without Paragone 523 All goodly bountie and true honour sits, 524 Such therefore, as that wasted soyl doth yield, 525 Receiue dear Lord in worth, the fruit of barren field. 526 527 509 _To the Right Honourable the Earl of 510 Ormond and Ossory_ Ormond and Ossory > (Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and Ossory, 1532-1614,; Lord Treasurer of Ireland) 511 512 Receive, most noble lord, a simple taste 513 Of the wild fruit which savage soil has bred, savage > wild; savage soil > (Of Ireland, where Spenser lived) 514 Which, being through long wars left almost waste, 515 With brutish barbarism is overspread: barbarism > (See Spenser's _A View of the Present State of Ireland_) 516 And in so fair a land, as may be read, read > seen 517 Not one Parnassus, nor one Helicon Parnassus > (Mount Parnassus, chief seat of Apollo, god of song and music, and leader of the Muses) Helicon > (Mount Helicon, sacred to Apollo and his Muses) 518 Left for sweet Muses to be harboured, 519 But where you yourself have your brave mansion; But > Except brave > splendid mansion > dwelling-place; mansion 520 There indeed dwell fair Graces many one: Graces > (The handmaids of Venus, bestowers of beauty and charm) 521 And gentle nymphs, delights of learned wits, nymphs > (Minor female divinities with whom the Greeks peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes, trees, mountains) wits > minds 522 And in your person without paragon paragon > comparison; competition 523 All goodly bounty and true honour sit,