Thee first foure bookes of Virgil his Aeneis translated intoo English heroical verse by Richard Stanyhurst, wyth oother poëtical diuises theretoo annexed
Virgil., Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618.
A diuise made by Ʋirgil, or rather by soom oother vpon a Riuer so hard frozen, that waynes dyd passe ouer yt: va∣ryed sundrye wayes, for commendacion, as yt should seeme, of the Latin tongue, and thee same varietye du∣bled in thee English.
1
QVa tatis egit iter, iuncto boue, plaustra trahuntur;
Postquam tristis hyems frigore vinxit aquas.
2
Sustinet vnda rotam, patulae modò peruia puppi:
Vt concreta gelu marmoris instar habet.
3
Quas modò plaustra premunt vndas, ratis antè secabat:
Postquam brumali diriguere gelu.
4
Vnda rotam patitur, celerem nunc passa carinam:
In glaciem solidam versus vt amnis abit.
5
Quae solita est ferre vnda rates, fit peruia plaustris:
Vt stetit in glaciem marmore versa nouo.
7
Orbita signar iter, modò quà cauus alueus exit:
Strinxit aquas tenues vt glacialis hyems.
8
Amnis iter plaustro dat, qui dedit antè carinae:
Duruit vt ventis vnda, fit apta rotis.
9
Plaustra boues ducunt, quà remis acta carina est:
Postquam diriguit crassus in amne liquor.
10
Vnda capax ratium plaustris iter algida praebet:
Frigoribus saeuis vt stetit amnis iners.
11
Plaustra viam carpunt, quà puppes íre solebant:
Frigidus vt Boreas obstupefecit aquas.
