bounty > goodness, virtue; munificence, generosity 524 Such, therefore, as that wasted soil does yield, 525 Receive, dear lord, in worth, the fruit of barren field. in worth > in good part; at its true value 526 527 528 _To the right honourable the Lord Ch. Howard, Lo. high Admi-_ 529 ral of England, knight of the noble order of the Garter, 530 and one of her Maiesties priuie Counsel. &c. 531 532 _ANd ye, braue Lord, whose goodly personage, 533 And noble deeds each other garnishing, 534 Make you ensample to the present age, 535 Of th'old Heroes, whose famous ofspring 536 The antique Poets wont so much to sing, 537 In this same Pageaunt haue a worthy place, 538 Sith those huge castles of Castilian king, 539 That vainly threatned kingdomes to displace, 540 Like flying doues ye did before you chace; 541 And that proud people woxen insolent 542 Through many victories, didst first deface: 543 Thy praises euerlasting monument 544 Is in this verse engrauen semblably, 545 That it may liue to all posterity._ 546 547 528 _To the Right Honourable the Lord Charles Howard, Lord High Admi- Charles Howard > (Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, 1536-1624. Commander of the Western Fleet, based at Plymouth, which was credited with defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588) 529 ral of England, Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter, 530 and one of Her Majesty's Privy Council, etc._ 531 532 And you, brave lord (whose goodly personage brave > brave; splendid 533 And noble deeds each other garnishing, garnishing > embellishing 534 Make you example to the present age, example > [an] example, [a] parallel case 535 Of the old heroes, whose famous offspring 536 The antique poets wont so much to sing), antique > ancient (especially of ancient Greece and Rome) wont > were accustomed sing > {Celebrate in song or verse} 537 In this same pageant have a worthy place, pageant > {Exhibition, show, staged as a feature of public triumph or celebration; scene or act of a medieval mystery play; tableau or tableaux from such a play. Spenser never uses his language idly; and "pageant" is the precise term favoured by C. S. Lewis (see _Spenser's Images of Life_) to define the form of _FQ_; see also _SC_, gloss to "June" (_Many Graces_: the passage referred to is at 203.25:1)} 538 Sith those huge castles of Castilian king, Sith > Since those huge castles > [the Spanish galleons of the Armada] Castilian king > (Philip II of Spain, 1527-98) 539 That vainly threatened kingdoms to displace, 540 Like flying doves you did before you chase; 541 And that proud people, waxed insolent waxed > grown 542 Through many victories, did first deface: deface > cast in the shade; _or:_ destroy