Prothalamion
Prothalamion
Poem by Edmund Spenser
Prothalamion, the commonly used name of Prothalamion; or, A Spousall Verse in Honour of the Double Marriage of Ladie Elizabeth and Ladie Katherine Somerset,[1] is a poem by Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), one of the important poets of the Tudor period in England. Published in 1596,[1] it is a nuptial song that he composed that year on the occasion of the twin marriage of the daughters of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, Elizabeth Somerset and Katherine Somerset, to Sir Henry Guildford and William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre respectively.