Here fynyssheth the boke yf [sic] Eneydos, compyled by Vyrgyle, which hathe be translated oute of latyne in to frenshe, and oute of frenshe reduced in to Englysshe by me wyll[ia]m Caxton, the xxij. daye of Iuyn. the yere of our lorde. M.iiij.Clxxxx. The fythe yere of the regne of kynge Henry the seuenth

¶How dydo knowyng the departyng of eneas ranne thrugh the cytee of cartage as a woman disperate and from herselfe Capitulum xvij

THe felawes right gladly dyd fulfylle ryght soone the cōmaundement of eneas / the whiche trowynge that dydo sholde neuer haue thought vpon y^e brekyng of soo grete a loue. nor that he wolde habandoune & leue her stro of wyth hymself / by what wayes he myghte signyfie it vnto her. in what wordes / or what hour / and in what ma∣ner moost honeste for to gyue her lesse sorowe. But the que¦ne dydo atysed of the grete couetyse enflāmed wyth desirouse loue that can neuer be sacyate ynoughe / felte firste this bara¦te / by cause that the fyne louer that alwayes kepeth hym sel¦fe wythin his warde. and fyndeth noo thynge soo sure. but that he putteth it in a doubte. can not be lyghtely dece••uyd. For fame that euyll goddesse reporteth vnto her that Ene∣as made his nauye to be armed and repayred. wherby she y∣magyneth fyrste / that he dyde soo for to departe and goo ou∣te of her lande & Incōtynente as alle furyouse & oute of her wytte. toke to styre her selfe & rāne thrugh y^e citee of car••age as a mad woman. as thyas y^e grete prestresse dyd in tyme

passed whan she wente to incyte and somen the matrones and yonge maydens to renne furyously and wythout sha∣me thrughe the towne by nyghte to the feest / and sacryfyces of the goddes Bachus and Venus atte the daye of theyr solempnyte