 He was paid in four instalments on 25 March, 24 June, 29 September, and 25 December.After the first three books of "The Faerie Queene" were published in 1590, Spenser found himself disappointed in the monarchy; among other things, "his annual pension from the Queen was smaller than he would have liked" and his humanist perception of Elizabeth's court "was shattered by what he saw there".Despite these frustrations, however, Spenser "kept his aristocratic prejudices and predispositions".