# Dedication to the Edition of 1590 explained — The Faerie Queene

> Chapter companion for The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

## What happens

Edmund Spenser dedicates The Faerie Queene to Queen Elizabeth I, praising her as the most mighty and magnificent empress and expressing his humble service.

## Character check-ins

### Gloriana

The Faerie Queene, representing Queen Elizabeth I, is the dedicatee of the poem.

## Key lines

> To the most mightie and magnificent Empresse Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queene of England, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.

To the most powerful and splendid Empress Elizabeth, by God's grace Queen of England, France, and Ireland, and Defender of the Faith, etc.

_Spenser formally addresses Queen Elizabeth I with her full royal titles, emphasizing her authority and divine right._

> Her most humble Servant: Ed. Spenser.

Her most humble servant: Ed. Spenser.

_Spenser signs off with a gesture of humility and loyalty, typical of dedicatory epistles in the Renaissance._

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