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Among Judson's sources, Henley in *Spenser in Ireland* says a fair amount about E. Boyle. It's very little, but see also Maley, *A Spenser Chronology* 61-2. Though skipping the Spenser connection, Nicholas Canny discusses the family marriage-patronage network of the Boyles in fascinating detail, in *The Upstart Earl: A study of the social and mental world of Richard Boyle first Earl of Cork, 1566-1643* (1982), esp. pp. 43ff: "The births, marriages and deaths of remote as well as close relatives were also dutifully recorded in Cork's diary, and anybody who could establish a blood relationship was assured of preference for any patronage that was in Cork's dispensation." (45) Ergo, is Spenser mentioned in Cork's diary? Also interesting, Boyle gave his ten-year-old daughter Mary a copy of Sidney's *Arcadia*, and yet was afraid of the "corrupting influence of romantic literature" on his young women relatives (Canny 87). Poor cousin Elizabeth! --Tom Herron >Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 14:05:51 -0400 >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >X-Accept-Language: en >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Subject: Elizabeth Boyle >From: Christopher Warley <[log in to unmask]> >To: Spenser List <[log in to unmask]> >X-Unsub: To leave, send text 'leave spenser' to [log in to unmask] >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Precedence: list > >Does anyone know what information is available about Elizabeth Boyle, >beyond what's in Judson? Or does anyone have any suggestions where I >might look? Thanks for your help. > >Chris Warley %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%