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 alle in arage complayned her to Eneas and to the / goddes ¶Capitulo xix

OF the whiche wordes Eneas not moeuyng hym self in nowyse / but in holdyng hys syght alwayes / Inmobyle atte anothre syde than vpon dydo & sighynge sore

in his herte for the loue that he had hadde to her. sayd in this manere / Certes quene I answere not. but that thou haste de¦serued of me moche more of goodes than I can nombre or by som wyse thynke ne telle. and so shall I remembre elysse as longe as lyffe shall abyde wythin me / and by cause that thou hast spoken first I wyll telle & shewe vnto the that I wold not haue departed furtyuely out of thy land vnkonw¦en to the. but sholde haue sygnyfied it vnto the / Also I am not come hider determyned to wedde the / nor neuer toke pre∣sūpcōn in me for to do so. nor to take aliaūce wyth the for su¦che a cause. And yf the goddes wolde suffre that I myghte vse my lif to myn appetyte & to be at my fre wyll I shold ta¦ke habytacōn in the grete troye wyth my kynsmen & other that are there abyden. escaped from the distructōn And yet sholde troye be made vp agayn by me / but the god Appollo of the cytee of tymbre wyth the oracles in short preceptyue of the lande of lycye / cōman̄den me to goo in to ytalye. and syth that it muste be thus doon. it is my lande & my desire to accomplyshe alle theyr wylle / And it semeth that y^u oughte not in no wyse to reprehende me ne to haue enuye vpon y^e troians of theyr goynge in to ytalye a strong lande out of theyr nacyon / sith that y^u art of thire. come from the meane regyons of fenyce to enhabyte in libye & to take thy playsu¦re in thy grete edyfyces of cartage that thou doost make pre¦sently for to preside in hit / forsakyng the swete groūde moder to thy byrth. For to a peple yssued out of strange lande is licyte to seke strange / places for theyr / dwellynge. And it sholde be a shame to me that haue enterprysed the cōquest of ytalye to reside in this land of lybie wythoute to acoonplishe my wyage whiche thynge for to doo I am incyted in dre∣mys by the soule of my fader Anchisis / the whiche atte alle

tymes that the nyght obscure couereth the landes of her sha¦dowes humyde / whan the sterres togyder maken theyr ry∣syng / apyereth byfore me vndre the speche of a terryble yma¦ge / strongely indygned and ayenste me sore moeued. Also of a nother side I am sore conturbed wyth a drede merueyllo¦us. for the grete Iniurye that I doo to my dere sone Ascani¦us whiche by my longe taryenge. I doo pryue of the possessi¦on of the royame of ytalye / wherof the successyon is vnto hym due of ryghte heredytalle / and by veraye destynacy af∣ter my deth / but there is no more / by cause that thou shalte not wene / that of my selfe I haue enterprysed this besines for to leue the / yet in trouth and also I swere it by thy hedde and also by my owne. that Mercurye the gret messager and grete Interpretour of the goddys hath ben hastely sente fle∣yng by the ayer from Iupyter souerayne god. whiche hath brought me maundemente for to departe alle incontynent / I haue seen hym manyfestly in lyght of godhed to entre the walles of thy cytee / & all clerly of hym herde his voys wyth myn ••erys properly. wherfore it ought well to suffyce the / wythoute to presse me wyth wordes ony more. sith that the goynge and enterpryse that I muste doo in ytalye is not of myn owne wylle:

IN sayeng the whiche wordes by eneas / dydo lokyng at one side torned hir eyen sodaynli wythout to speke neuer a worde / as a persone furyboūde & furyous: and or e∣uer that she coude saye ony thyng. as rauysshed / helde her sig∣hte all mobyle wythout to areste it vpon one thynge of a long while / and after by gret yre gadred by inmense sorow intrysinque wythin her hert sayd to hym in this wyse. o man right false and vntrue y^t what someuer men sayen was ne¦uer borne of no goddesse nor procreated of royalle lynee

comyng of the puissaunt dardanus fyrst founder of the grete cyte of troye but arte engendred of Cancasus / whi¦che is a moūtayne terryble in ynde. all ful of harde stones of dyuerse fygures of merueyllous height that recheth almost vnto the heuyns / soo that neuer ony birde myghte passe. o∣uer / where groweth hungre that was neuer satyffyed. to ••x¦stirpe & waste alle the goodes comyng oute of the erth. The whiche how be it that she hath chosen there her habytacōn for to deuoure all thynges that comyn vnde her. All this nethe¦lesse suffiseth her not / but sendeth don̄ her colde messagers / as snowe / froste. heyle / & tempeste transported & caste of the ay∣er by the colde wyndes into the lowe regyons. and after do∣e••h peryshe the trees & the herbes. the corne & all other thyn∣ge growyng oute of the groūde / and this doon whan she ha¦the no thyng more he parforseth hyr self wyth hir grete te¦eth to ete the rotes vnder the groūde that haue hidde hemself wythin the entraylles of ther the their moder / for to achieue that all were brought to destrucsyon / as y^u wylte doo of me in folowyng the cōdycions of y^e subsiduous modre that hath made the to be norysshed and fedde wyth the mylke of the tygres of Yrcanye that are made wythoute to haue py∣te of ony thynge that is borne in this worke. what holdeth me / but that I shalle sone goo fro my wyttes replenysshed of grete madnesse / why is it that I dssymule to goo alle ou¦te from my wyttes. wherto wylle I thenne kepe my selfe no•• lyue more from hens forth / syth that this euyll man / & a traytour. for what wepynge that I make dayneth not gyue oute one only syghe nor torne his eyen to loke ones vpon me / nor haue no pyte of me his sorowfull loue / for to styre hym to one sighynge only or to atere descēdyng out of his eyen / what I ought to do / ne what parte to torne me

what I may saye / to what ende shold my wytte mow begyn¦ne / nor where to haue recours / I wote not / O goddes celestial and Iuno grete goddesse O Iupiter and alle othre god∣des gyue socours to me thys vnhappy / and wul permute ri∣goure to equyte in this bihalue.