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The First Fovre Bookes of Virgil his AEneis

Translated intoo English heroical verse by Richard Stanyhurst, wyth oother Pohetical diuises theretoo annexed
Stanyhurst, Richard (1547-1618)
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THE FIRST BOOKE OF VIRGIL HIS ÆNEIS.
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THEE SECVND BOOKE OF VIRGIL HIS ÆNEIS.
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THEE THIRD BOOKE OF VIRGIL HIS ÆNEIS.
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THEE FOVRTH BOOKE OF VIRGIL HIS ÆNEIS.
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HEERE AFTER ENSVE CERTEYN PSALMES OF Dauid, translated in too English, according to thee obseruation of thee Latin verses.
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HEERE AFTER ENSVE certayne Poëtical Conceites.
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HEERE AFTER ENSVE CERTEYN Epitaphes framed as wel in Latin as English.
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VPON THEE DEATH OF THEE right honourable and his moste deere coosē, thee lord Baron of Louth, who was trayterouslye murthred by Mackmaughoun, an Irish Lording, about thee yeere 1577.
  
VPON THEE DEATH OF THEE right honourable thee Lord Girald fitz Girald L. Baron of Offalye, who deceased at S. Albans in thee yeere 1580. thee last of Iune, thee xxj. yeere of his adge.
  
A PENITENT SONNET WRITTEN by thee Lord Girald a litle beefore his death.
  
AN EPITAPH ENTITVLED Commune Defunctorum, such as oure vnlearned Rythmours accustomablye make vpon thee death of euery Tom Tyler, as yf yt were a last for euerye one his foote, in which thee quantitees of syllables are not too bee heeded.
  
AN EPITAPH WRYTTEN BY SYR Thomas More vpon thee death of Henrye Abyngdon, one of thee gentlemen of thee chappel: which deuise thee authour was fayne too put in meeter, by reason thee partye that requested his trauaile, dyd not lyke of a verye proper Epitaph that was first framd, beecause yt ran not in rythme, as may appeere at ful in his Latin Epigrammes: where vpon Syr Thomas More shapte theese verses ensuing, with which thee suppliant was exceedinglye satisfyed, as yf thee author had hyt thee nayle on the head.

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AN EPITAPH ENTITVLED Commune Defunctorum, such as oure vnlearned Rythmours accustomablye make vpon thee death of euery Tom Tyler, as yf yt were a last for euerye one his foote, in which thee quantitees of syllables are not too bee heeded.

Coom toe me, you muses, and thow most chieflye, Minerua,
And ye that are dwellers in dens of darckned Auerna:
Help mye pen in wryting, a death moste soarye reciting,
Of the good old Topas, soon too thee mightye syr Atlas.
For grauitee the Cato, for wyt Mars, Bacchus, Apollo:
Scipio for warfare, for gentyl curtesye Cæsar.
A great Alexander, with a long whit neck lyke a gaunder.
In yeer's a Nestor, for wars a martial Hector,
Hannibal and Pompey, with Tristram, Gallahad, Orckney:
Hercules in coasting, a Vulcan mightelye toasting.
In wisdoom Salomon, for streingth and currag a Sampson.
For iustice Radamanthus: in equitye woorthye Lycurgus.
And not a Thersites, but he was a subtil Vlisses.
In learning Socrates, in faythful freendship Achates.
Yea, thogh he stand namelesse, hee was in prowes Achilles.
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A Damon and Pythias, for gould and silver a Midas.
Noe for continuance, a learned Tullie for utt'raunce.
In travaile Ænas, for secrets trustful Iollas
And in philosopy, a Raymond, a Bacon, a Ripply,
In medicins Pæon, Galen, and most famosed Alcon,
Plinie, Dioscorides, Hipocrates, and Arafornes,
O you cursd Parcas, why kyld ye the good soon of Atlas?
And whye, withowt mercy, doe ye slea thee fayre ladye Thisbee?
A Sara for goodnesse, a greate Bellona for hudgnesse.
For myldnesse Anna, for chastitye godlye Susanna.
Hester in a good shift, a Iudith stout at a dead lift.
Also Iulietta, with Dido, rich Cleopatra.
With sundry namelesse, and woomen more manye blamelesse.
Is not he wel garded, thee wooman richlye rewarded?
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