'Common-weale' - “To the Lady Elizabeths Grace”
Aemilia Lanyer writes “To that deare Mother of our Common-weale” which is demonstrative of the ‘Common wealth’ which designates the Queen’s terrains.
Mirror - “To the Ladie Anne , Countess of Dorset”
Lanyer address lady Anne, “Then in this Mirrour let your faire eyes looke,/ To view your virtues in this blessed Booke.” The mirror is representative of the book which commends virtues. Once Lady Anne looks at the book (mirror), she will distinguish that it is a replication of the aspects which she advocates.
Muse - “Salue Deus Rex Judaeorum”
Lanyer confirms that Jesus is her Muse: “So well, as thou no Labour wilt refuse,/ That to thy holy Loue may pleasing be:/ His Death and Passion I desire to write,/ And thee to read, the blessed Soules delight.” Equating Jesus to her muse ratifies the idea that Lanyer is a Christian who is convinced of ‘Jesus’ passion.’
