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The question needs to be asked because 'proem' is not a term used by Spenser but rather by editors to refer to the prefatory stanzas to each book. I don't believe that he had any precedent in classical or Italian epic. A.C. Hamilton At 07:39 AM 2001-04-16 +0000, you wrote: >Dear Yngve, > >Pretty commonly, people use the form "I.proem.1" for the first stanza of the >proem to Book I. Hope that helps. > >Donald Stump >Saint Louis University > >Yngve Nordgård wrote: > >> Hi >> >> This may seem trivial to you, but I wonder how to refer to FQs introductury >> stanzas (before the cantos). I mean, the first line om the first canto of >> the first book is referred to as I.i 1, right? But how do we refer to the >> lines "Lo I the man," etc.? >> >> Yours, >> >> -- >> Yngve Nordgaard, graduate student of comparative literature >> University of Oslo, Norway > > A.C.Hamilton [log in to unmask] Cappon Professor Emeritus Queen's University, Canada Phone & Fax: 613- 544-6759