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Dear Prof Hamilton et al, As a newbie to these Spenserian postings, may I ask a question without being laughed off the net? I suspect that 'The Shepherd's Calendar' was not written by Spenser and that the "new poet", alias Colin Clout, was a young person who Spenser helped to get published. Now I know that it was later claimed that Spenser was Colin and Harvey was Hobbinol -- but I have specific reasons for believing that the truth was concealed. Their relationship could hardly be described as one of pederasty! Would you please let me know of anything that has been published on this subject, so I may do further research? Thanks in advance, Peter Zenner %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%