The Aeneid of Virgil Translated Into Scottish Verse. Volumes 1 & 2

The Æneid of Virgil Translated Into Scottish Verse. Volumes 1 & 2

HEYR BEGYNNYS THE WARK OF VIRGYLL PRYNCE OF LATYN POETIS IN HYS TWELF BUKIS OF ENEADOS COMPILIT AND TRANSLATIT FURTH OF LATYN IN OUR SCOTTIS LANGAGE BY ANE RICHT NOBILL AND WIRSCHIPFULL CLERK MASTER GAWYN DOWGLAS PROVEST OF SANCT GYLYS KYRK IN EDINBURGH AND PERSON OF LYNTOUN IN LOUTHIANE QUHILK EFTYR WAS BISCHOP OF DUNKELD [Pg 2] P. 6. l. 18.Ptholome kyng of Egipt, the famous gret clerk, astronomour, and discryvar of the warld, that causit lxxij interpretouris to translat the bibill, had sa gret plesour and delyte of bukis that he gadderit togidder in ane librar xxxvj thousand volummys. P. 14. l. 21.Oppetere is alsmekil to say as ore terram petere, lyke as Seruius exponys the sammyn term, quhilk to translate in our tung is, with mowth to seik, or byte, the erd. And lo, that is ane hail sentence for ane of Virgillis wordis. P. 15. l. 15.As for animal and homo in our langage is nocht a propir term, and thai be bot bestis that exponys animal for a beste. Ane beste is callit in Latyn bestia and pecus, and animal betakynnys all corporall substans that has ane saull quhilk felis payn, joy, or ennoy: and vndyr animal beyn contenyt all mankynd, beist, byrd, fowll, fisch, serpent, and all other sik thingis at lyfis and steris, that has a body; for all sik, and euery ane of thame, may be properly callit animal. And thus animal is ane general name for al sik maner thingis quhatsumeuer. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 49884
Author: Virgil, 70 BCE-19 BCE
Release Date: Sep 5, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Douglas, Gawin, 1474?-1522