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.
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SO MANY TYMES IS THE LATIN varyed, and yeet as manye tymes more for the honoure of thee English.
1
THeare chariots doe trauayle, wheare late the great argosye sayled:
By reason of the riuer knit with a frostye soder.
2
Wheare the great hulck floated, theare now thee cartwheele is ha∣gling:
Thee water hard curded with the chil ysye rinet.
3
Where skut's furth laūched, theare now thee great wayn is entred:
When the riuer frized by reason of the weather.
4
Wheare rowed earst mariners, theare now godye carman abydeth,
Thee flud, congealed stifllye, relats the reason.
5
Now the place of sayling is turnd to a carter his entrye,
This change thee winters chillines hoarye bredeth.
6
Now wayns and chariots are drawne, wheare nauye dyd harrow:
This new found passadge frostines hoarye shaped.
7
Wheare barcks haue passed, with cart's that parcel is haunted:
From woonted moysture for that ice heeld the water.
8
Wheare stems haue trauersd, there haue oxen traced in headstal:
By reason yse knitting thee water heeld froe floing.
9
Wheare the flye boat coasted, theare cart wheels clustred ar hobling
This new strange passadge winter his hoarnes habled.
10
Earst the flud, vpbearing thee ship, now the cartwheele vpholdeth.
When water is ioygned firmlye with hoarye weather.
11
Whear ruther steered, thee goad theare poaked hath oxen:
Thee winters coldnesse thee riuer hardlye roching.
