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patrons and hence we have this glorification of a man who really 

 possessed very little extraordinary genius. 



In Canto iii, the chronicle of British and English kings is re- 

 sumed from Book II, Canto x, St. 68. Queen Elizabeth, her 

 victory over the Armada, and her aid to the Dutch, are clearly 

 alluded to in Stanza 49. 



In Canto iv Britomart now pursues her journey until she 

 arrives at the Rich Strand where she meets Marinell who suffers 

 no one to go that way unchallenged. Marinell is the son of 

 Dumarin and the nymph Cymoent, and had been raised in a rocky 

 cave as one forlorne. His coat of arms bore three squared 

 scutcheons. At her prayer, his grandfather, Nereus, had endowed 

 him with all riches from the East and West. His mother had 

 often been fearful 



" Lest his too haughtie hardiness might rear 

 Some hard mischief." 



She had learned from Proteus that some great disaster would 

 overtake him at the hands of a woman, 



" For of a woman he should have much ill, 

 A Virgin, straunge and stout him should dismay or kill." 



But notwithstanding her warnings, he is overthrown by Brito- 

 mart. There can be no doubt that there is some historical allusion 

 here. According to Upton, Marinell stands for Lord Howard of 

 Effingham, Lord High Admiral of England. But there is nothing 

 in his life that can correspond with these adventures. I am much 

 more inclined to regard Marinell as Sir Walter Raleigh who has 

 already appeared as Timias. We must remember that Florimel 

 is represented as being in love with Marinell. About the time this 

 part of the poem was written, Raleigh w'as at the height of his 

 court favor. He had already shown his remarkable ability as a 

 soldier and sailor, in Ireland, on the Spanish Main, and in Spanish 

 waters. His arms contained like those of Marinell, squared 

 scutcheons. His uncle, Hawkins, had long ago earned a lasting 

 place among British navigators, and almost all of his Devonshire 

 friends were soldiers or sailors. He had been raised among 

 exceedingly hard surroundings, and had made his way against 



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