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 sorowfully bewaylled the departynge of E∣neas by swete and amyable wordes Capitulū xviij

ANd thus rennynge aboute she recounted Eneas to whom by grete dyscomforte reforced wyth merueyl∣louse sorowe / wherof her herte was surprysed in gret accumylacyon of extreme dysplaysur. she sayd these wordes halfe by manere of a reproche in dolaunte lamentacyons re∣wthes and complayntes / O ryght dere eneas sedycious & ryght cruel how haste thou had the herte so vntrue to thyn¦ke so grete a treson / as for to wyll departe out of my lande sodaynly. wythout to make me a knowen therof / Is there thenne nothyng in the worlde that can make the to abyde here. nother the grete loue that is bytwyx vs bothe. wherof we haue somoche loued eche other. the grete re••uel that I ha¦ue doon to the / the grete ayde & socours. the worshyp that y^e hast had of me. whan I receyued the in to my londe / that ty¦me that thou come firste to me / as a man exyled and nau∣fraged. nor the deth horryble & cruell that for the I must recei¦ue wherof I shall redyly slee my selfe at thoure of thy depar∣tyng / nor the paynes & traueylles that thenne I shall must endure. O man of all other the moost forcened oute of thy wyt & doled out of y^e sure waye / how in this harde wedder of wynter y^t the wyndes ben in their furye / y^e see full of tempest & of grete voraygeouse wawes & the tyme alle indisposed more than euer it was / hast y^u purposed to moūte vpō y^e see & to flee from my psence / for to goo with a lityl puissaūce to

werre and bere greuaunce to ytalye a strange londe / wher from thou shalt be sone expelled at thys tyme / For yf thy wi¦lle were to goo to troye thyn owne londe / yf she were yet in her beyng / & that thou were well sure to be there honestly re∣ceyued / yet thou oughtest not to goo there nor to take the se¦e now. wythstandynge the daūgeours aforsayd / Alas fle thou not from me. therof I requyre the & admonest the for pyte of the sorowe that I bere. and for the grete teeris flus∣shyng doū from myn eyen that this to doo incyten & somone the. by the swetnes / by▪ thy well wyllynge and by the yeftes & alle other thynges that I haue doon vnto the. alle at thy∣ne owne wyll. in suche a wyse that no / thynge I haue reser¦ued for my selfe / but that it was alle habandouned vnto the more redyli than to myn owne body / By oure kyssynge and swete cully••ge. by oure byhauynge and louely coun∣tenaunces / by our Ioyes and playsures delycyouse in fyne loue bytwyx vs mutuell. wherof we haue loued eche other soo that in noo wyse my dyligente thoughte hadde neuer no wylle to be cruell anemste the. but hath be atte alle tymes desirous for taccomplysshe wythout ony gaynsayng. alle y^e I knewe was to thy playsur / And thenne yf I haue deser∣ued to haue some good of the / & yf thou euer toke playsaūce in ony thyng that by me cam. playse the then̄e to haue mer∣cy of this poure desolate frende that shalle be sone broughte to the poynte mortalle and my cytee dispeopled / and to gre∣te ruyne delyuered by thyn infortunate goynge. And wyll chaunge thy courage / yf my requeste and prayers can haue place of merite to acquyre mercy ayenst the. thou seest that the folke of Lybye / the cruell tyraun••es of My∣ronde. and they of the cytee of Thyre that many tymes I haue offended. hate and haue enuye atte me for the

my •• chastyte pudyque and alle hee praysynge is there loste And my fyrst fame & goode renomme. wherbi I was electe & taken vp to the sterres as a veraye goddesse / is now by thy departynge sodaynly extyncted. why wolde thou thenne ha¦bandoune and leue me thy kynde loue dyscomforted. redy to deie / for to flee passinge by this coūtrey lyke as an hoste that lightly forgeteth his lodgynge and the place that he goeth fro & departeth Ioyously wythout to haue eny rewthe / ther unto haa I perceyue well that of the I wende to haue my f••ēde my true husbāde & espouse / & no thing abideth with me nowe / but onely the name of an hoste. what can I wayte for nowe O what recomfort may I haue that am voyde from alle hope / and noon other is there / but to falle in to the han∣des of Pigmalion my cruelle brother kyng of Thyre / that shalle comme take my cyte and put alle to destructyon and brynge me to mendycyte. Or that Yarbas kynge of Ecc∣tuses that I haue so oste indygned / for to auenge hys Iniu¦ryes. shalle reduce me in to captyuite / Atte leste yf afore thy harde departynge I had had of the som lynee or som lytell Eneas / that I myght haue seen often playnge in my halle for to take theratte som comforte. wheryn I shulde haue take my dysport / thinkynge vpon the remēbraūce of the Ioyfull playsaunce that I haue had of thy presence / whyche shulde asswage the harde dysplaysaunce that I shalle haue of thyn absence I shulde thynke that I were not so sore wasted nor alle togydre habaundouned as presently I am /