Note 100 — Chapter II
Reading edition
'February,' l. 33, &c. Lines 35-6 contain one of the few direct reminiscences of Chaucer. Cf. House of Fame, II. 1225-6. Spenser repeated the imitation, Faery Queen, VI. ix. 43-5, and was followed by Fletcher, Faithful Shepherdess, V. v. 183-4.