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A14476	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; Boke of Eneydos.	Virgil. Aeneis.; Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1490 (1490)	STC 24796; ESTC S109601	103,701	172

leue to speke of Eneas And shalle retorne to speke of dydo And firste to shewe the dyfference of Iohn bochace and of vyrgyle to putte in bryef the falle of the sayd dydo recounted by bochace and after by the sayd virgyle ¶ Here bigynneth thistorye how dydo departed from the coūtrey ¶ ca. vjo. That other daye in passyng tyme I r●dde the fall of noblys of whom Ihon̄ bochace hath spoken in brief the aduētures of fortune harde dyuersly excecrable in all destructyue of theyr personis honoures goddes chyuaūches of whom the sōme haue ben cause of ther harme euyl of the distruccōn of whiche some be yet and how be it that thei ben pourueyd moche more that it apperteyneth to theym seen theyr scyence prowesse vaillyātyse or seruyce after the state their vocacōn in the whiche eche ought to holde be cōtent like as saith thappostle wythout doyng grief or ony nuysaūce ne to bere dōmage ne myssaye ony other this notwystōdyng alwaye they be in awayte delite themselfe to seche often tymes meanes for to grieue to saye wordes detractiues wherof foloweth the perdycōn of moche peple of them selfe in the ende whiche therin haue medeled ¶ And after certayne space I hadde been in beholdynge the peryllous aduentures and fortunes ryghte sorowfulle of many kynges prynces or knyghtes and many other I fonde the falle of dydo somtyme quene and foū●resse of the noble cyte of cartage the whiche in redynge I was abasshed and had grete merueylle how bochace whiche is an auctour so gretly renōmed hath transposed or atte leste dyuersifyed the falle and caas otherwyse than vyrgyle hath in his fourth booke of Eneydos In whiche he hath not rendred the reason or made ony decysion to approue better the his than that other And yf ony wolde excuse hym and saye that he hadde doon hit for better to kepe thonour of wymmen And wolde not treate ne saye thynge of theym dyshoneste but that myghte be to theyr auaūcemente ¶ This reason hath noo place For he hath putte in many places other grete falles ouermoche infamous of some quenes and ladyes and hath not suffyced to hym to speke alle in generall but hath made expresse chapytres In blamynge the complexions of theym By the whiche partyculerly he sheweth the dyssolucyons and peruerse condycyons that ben in the sexe femynyne And for to shewe euydently vpon the sayd caas and falle the dyfference whiche is of vyrgyle and of bocace I haue enterprysed to shewe alle a longe the texte of vyrgyle The causes and occasions of the laste extynctyon and dolourous deth and despyte of the renōmee of dydo otherwyse callyd or named Elysse or Fenyce ¶ But fyrste and to fore for better and to vnderstande the mater I haue purposed to recyte here the caas and falle after the oppynyon of Iohn bocace whiche sayth as here after shall ensiewe and folowe YF In ony maner fayth oughte to be adiousted vnto the wrytynges and dyctes of olde and auncyente cronycles or historyers Or to theyr letters cronykes and historyes Vnneth maye men fynde ony of soogrete langage ¶ And dygne to yeue magnyfycence and somoche deuyne ● nōmee as to the hye name of Fenyce wherof the rayson maye be this how be it that thauctour putte not precysely dedycte wythoute texte by cause that the Fenyces were the fyrst Inuentours of carecteris dyfferencyng that one fro that other ▪ of whiche were fourmed lettres for to write redyng in remembarūce perpetual the thynges that they desireden to late be knowen to theyr frendis or otherwyse for the conseruacyon of theyr dedes fayttes scyences to th ende that they myghte reduyce in souuenaūce or remembraūce by thynspection and lecture of theyr wrytyngys that whiche by lengthe of tyme debylyte of entendement sholde be wythdrawen Or otherwyse sholde haue be forgoten it and put in oublyaūce that the fenyces fonde to note wyth rede colour or ynke firste the sayd lettres of whiche our bokes ben gretely decorate socoured made fayr We wryte the grete and firste capytall lettres of our volumes bookes and chapytres wyth the taynture of reed coloure THe name thenne and royalme of Fenyce hath be moche hiely decored by merueyllous artes and myryfyke In ioyouse preysynge and laude wherof the clerenes and fame of his ouurages hath ben dyuulged shewed vnto the laste clymate of bondes habited wyth lygnage royalle ¶ Oute of the whiche Fenyce and prosapye auncyenne as it is to byleue by theyr wrytynges yssued a kynge named Belus After the dethe of whome one his sone named pygmaleon succeded hym And obteyned the royalme of the Fenyces ¶ He hadde also a doughter named Elysse whiche afterwarde was named dydo was maryed to one named Acerbe otherwyse called Sychee his vncle was preest of hercules honoured wel in the royame of thyre and the gretest of alle the coūtreye after the kyng of the same This gentylman was moche fayr to byholde yonge playsaūt of grete reuerence ryght honorable emonge them of the coūtre of grete audacyte and of name magnyfyque ryght moche byloued of Elysse Thenne his wyf whiche thenne he loued also moche of fyne loue wythout fayntasie whiche sone after fayled by his deth anguysshous wherof then̄e it happed after the Iugemente that to hym was fortunat that he was so brenewrous that he was emonge all other estemed to be most in Ioye gladnes consideryng the beaute and bounte of dydo his wyf And also of grete rychesses of whiche Acerbe otherwyse callyd Sychee was moche endowed hadde preemynence in ryght grete habundaūce BY the couetyse of whiche goodes rychesses pygmalyon brother of Elysse and kynge of the coūtrey was sore esprysed For whiche cause the deth was conspyred of the fayr Sychee the sayd pygmalyon thynkynge in hymselfe to doo slee hym And by this moyen he sholde attayne to th ende of his desire wyll insacyable and full of couetyse And soo to hym selfe he sholde alle vsurpe his grete Innumerable rychesses and lyke as he thought he dyd and dyd do slee Acerbe or Sychee Thenne dydo his swete amyable spouse wyf bare it moche inpacyentli and sorowfully in suche anguysshe of herte that she swowned syncopysed syghed And oute of her fayr swete eyen tendre flowed teeris assyduatly and contynuelly that they better semed two grete sourges wellynge vp grete affluence of teerys whiche ranne doun by hir fayr freshe vylage And thus the sayd dydo suffred grete payne for the grete and harde syghynges heuynesses by cause of the grete horriyle nephande detestable cryme perpetred and commysed in the persone of sychee her swete and late amyable husbonde longe tyme demeaned she suche clamours wythoute ony hope euer otherwyse to lyue And alwaye she considerynge the causes of the sayd cryme and the couetyse of her sayd brother pygmalyon And that many tymes by dremes and other admonestements was ofte tymes incyted

by ony of our sayd wordes For yf it that ne were that I haue purposed fermely in my courage to abyde and be in wydowhede alle the tyme of my lyf after the deth dolourouse cursid of my somtyme husbonde Sychee whiche bare awaye my firste loue wyth hym whan he was leyde vnder therthe by thenuyous remors greuous remembraūce of my passed maryage wherin I haue had so many goodes of honour and of curtosie of whome the remembraūce sleeth me scourgeth me alway I sholde lyghtly haue consēted to thallyaūce of this man Anne I confesse for trouth that sith the myserable deth of Sycheus wycked to saye cōmysed in the hous of my broder of whiche the goddys be alle maculate This man onely hath molyfyed my wyttes and perturbed the corage of myn opynyon firste and hathe reduced to remembraūce the delycyouse traces of myn auncyent loue But not for that I desire and wysshe that erste thabysme of thobscure erthe swolowe me or the grete fader almyghty to plonge and submerge me vnder the botomes of the depe palusshe infernalle rather than to my pudyque chastyte sholde be doon by me ony wronge ne vyolence nor that thy ryght I sholde contrarye nor breke for no thynge that euer can happe to me by no maner wyse in thys worlde Alas he that me spoused firste hath my loue entierly wyth hym wherof inreuocable a yefte I doo make to hym soo byseche I hym to kepe hit wele wythin his graue vnder the colde marbyl stone and not to be separed from his soule This requeste sighynge made she to hym and tendrely wepynge called ayen the olde sorowe whiche smote and woūded her to the herte so moche that the bosome of that sorowful lady was entyerly replenysshed alle wyth teeres ¶ Thansuer of Annne to hir suster dydo Capm̄ xij THan Anne her benygne suster hauynge pyte of her sorowe consideringe the waye salutary to reuerte soone her sorow in to gladnesse sayd to hir in this manere O suster more loued of me than the lyghte illumyned wyth grete bryghtnes How haste thou determyned to lyue alone consumyng thyn yongthe in perpetuall heuynesse remembre the of the swete dysportynges the grete consolacions and Ioyfull playsures wherby the children reioyisshen their moders the swete kysshynges and the fayr pase tyme that they take therat Also the ioye and consolacyon that the men doon to theyr swete spouses putte awaye this sorowe thees lamentacyons thees grete sighynges and sorowful teeres take ayen corage and make thy selfe ferme wyth hope Troweste thou that the bones of Sycheus or his tombe the shadowe of his soule take peyne or care to kepe thy loue thynke it not no more than the sperkell yssuyng oute of the fyre wyth the smoke whiche is soone reduced and broughte to noughte wythout to haue ony vygoure more ne other puyssaunte to make fyre lyghte nor flamme Lyke wyse whan the soule of Sycheus was oute of the body and from hym separed alle his werkes and wordly voluptees were extyncted and broughte to nought Nor wyth hym remayneth nother free arbytre or wylle of goode or euyll care ne solycytude of thy loue And yf thou wylte lyue in sorowe heuynesse or that otherwyse were that thou dydeste marye and woldeste vse thy dayes in maryage alle is to hym as ryght noughte and no thyng there nys that coude lette hym or doo hym ony socours but onely the meryttes of the werkes by hym made conuersynge in this worlde Nor noughte for somoche that thou makest callynges complayntes shighynges and lamentacyons full of reuthes noyous vpon a dampnable mynde and folysshe remembraunce of thynges that ben inpossyble thou canste not drawe nor brynge oute of the infernalle mansions the soules of whome the shadowes or otherwyse the asshes ben wythin the tombes separed from the bones for to reuyue and putte hem ayen in to the bodyes longe syn destroyed conuerted in to poulder Syth that it is so and also of that other side that neuer man how grete a lorde that he were kynge Yarbas pygmalyon of thyre they of libye many other of Affryque the ryche countrey that noryssheth soo many prynces myghte neuer moeue thy courage to be byloued of the. And that to this man whiche is so moche renōmed preu and valyaūt thy wytte is enclyned in swete loue wythoute ony contraryete of free wylle that ther vnto admonesteth the. wyll thou cōmytte vndreset●e thy lyberal arbytre to thynges Impossyble repulsynge ayenst the incitacyons moeued by naturell dylection whiche cōmen of thy self with out ony othre induction Hast thou proposed to moeue werre ayenst thy persone gaynsayng thyn owne wille inclined to the loue desyred In plaisaunt remenbraunce of suche a prince puyssaunt dygne of this meryte Haue in mynde and recordaunce the setuacyon of thy cyte newely fowūded in this lande emōg the most cruell folke of the worlde thou hast at the one syde the citees and the people getules whiche ben folke insuperable ryght daungerouse in bataylles and inuyncible in armes atte the other syde ben the myrōdes that are folke without rule and without mesure And than the Cirte regyon and the deserte countrey whiche is all inhabited by defawte of folkes fllodes or ryuers that shulde tempre the erthe that is all drye and as ded for thurst After is the people of Barches all furiouse and vagaūt In the countrees Hauynge noo certaine mansyon to dwelle Inne And more there is the Region of thire wherfrom we haue wythdrawen and brought furtyuely all this people that we haue Whiche shall mowe of lyght aryse and make werre ayenst the with the helpe of thy germayn Pygmalyon whiche the wolde haue frustred of the grete tresours rychesses that he awayteth to haue of thy somtyme husbande Sychee Thynke in thy self who shalle mowe the deffende a woman all alone ayenst somoche folke without euy othre helpe of sōm prynce puyssaunt In certayne I byleue truly that the goddes in their destynacyes haue fauourisshed the well with Iuno the grete goddesse for to transporte in to this regyon the ryche nauye of troye thynke my sustre what shal be of thy cyte in what domynacōn puyssaunte shalle thy royame be by the alyaunce of one soo grete a maryage Consyderynge the glorye and honour of Cartage whan she shalle be Ioyned wyth the troians and by theym defended Where is he that shalle be soo myghty for to vndertake to make warre ayenste the thus alyed take agayne courage ryght welbyloued suster putte oute of thy remembraūce the fortunes passed crye mercy vnto the goddis yf by ony wyse afore this thou hast offended theym prayng theym that it wold playse theym to be vnto the fauorable to the perfourmyng of this alyaunce atyse drawe theym by sacrifyces requestes oblacyons of herte contryte carefull thoughte be desirous to serue theym all thynges layde a side in that whiche thou shal be mowe knowe vnto theym aggreable Aduyse for to fynde

of body and large atte the raynes The thyes harde and grete withoute eny blemyshynge Fatte ynoughe aswelle the body as the membres The legges well Ioyned and somwhat small on the noder parte lytelle feet and smalle with the toes well euyn sette togyder white vnder clothes and fulle swete and smothe of skynne smale handes soupple and thynne with long fyngers and smalle and the naylles well euyn swete voyce of fayre eloquence and well in langage sadde of behauoure and of symple contenaūce plaisaūt for to see replenyshed of all good condicyons like as it were one of the wymen best accomplished the nature had produced syth her begynnyng vnto that tyme. Wherfore thenne sith that thou proserpyne can not shewe noon other rayson but the sayde submyssion wherof thou hast spoken here afore I saye for to kepe equyte that ther was som deceptyon or frawdulent induction that hath made her to condescende therunto as men may manyfestly apperceyue by the premysses a boue writon that see theym all alonge wherfore the falle well vnderstande well assoylled well deffended may welle haue releuement But a nother waye I shall take with the yf thou wylt be of acoorde and content bicause thenne that after thy poure and myserable descendynge in to helle in the coniunction makynge of the with Pluto Thy fayre heerys were tourned to In horyble and hydouse serpentes sette vpon thy hede I shall gyue to the theym of dydo for to make sacrefyces therwith vnto the derk shadowes and tygres infernalle Yf thou wille renounce alle the ryght that thou pretendest vpon her Wherfore thenne Yrys made the fayre herys of dydo to be cutte and toke theym to proserpyne And thenne she toke vp on her selfe for to vnbynde the membres from the spyrite of lyffe wherof the hete was soone extyncted and was anone rauyshed with the wyndes that bare her awaye a grete pas and delyuered her free and quytte to that place after her demeryte that to alle folke is propyce as it is ordeyned by the prouydence deuyne wherof the regne shalle neuer fynyshe ¶ how Eneas sailled how by tempest he arryued in cecylle ¶ Capitulum xxx WHat shall I more saye of the quene dydo nor of her sorowe that she made nor also of the grete moone that her folke made for her after that she was dede But now I shall telle of Eneas that went in to Italye for to haue the londe that the goddes had promysed vnto hym whan thenne they had rōne saylled so moche that they were in the highe see a stronge weddre arose that brought to them agrete tempeste soo that they wist not what they shulde doo nor saye habaūdouned theyr saylles for to bere they re shippes atte the wille of the horrible wyndes in whos power they were the mayster maryner said after his semynge by the sterres that he sawe that they made waye towarde Cecylle wherof Accestes was kynge Whan Eneas herde thus speke the maryner he was therof gladde and sayd that to noone other londe he wolde more gladdely goo yf the goddesse wolde For Accestes was his frende and of the lygnage of the Troians And also the sepulture of his fader Anchises was there Soone after ceassed the tempeste and they saylled soo longe that they arryued in Accestes londe that hadde grete Ioye whan he knewe of theyr comynge And soone after that they were entred in to the hauen Accestes ryght gladdely receyued theym wyth grete Ioye Whan the morne come Eneas spake to Accestes the kynge of the londe and to his barons and sayd to theym in this wyse That the annyuersarye of his fader he wolde make and that he was ryght gladde that he was come there soo sone And that he wyste welle that hit was the wylle of the goddes Thenne ordeyned and aduysed Accestes and Eneas for to make playes of dyuerse maners abowte the tombe of Anchyses Wherfore the yonge bachelers shewed there theyr prowesse Tourned theyr horses and ranne and lepte and proued theym selfe one ageynste another And atte this annyuersarye that Eneas dyde doo make for his fader was made moche of prowesse For alle they that were there dide putte hemselfe in peyne for to doo well aswell Eneas folke as they of Accestes ¶ How Eneas toke the see for to seke the regyon of Ytalye Capitulum xxxjo. Whan they were comen ayen from the sepulture of anchises theyr shyppes were set in a fyre had ben all brēt yf it had not be a messager that anoūced this to theym there as they were And sayde that the ladyes that were within the shippes hadde set theym In a fyre Bycause they wolde fayne make there they re dwellynge place for they hadde ben seuen yere and more out of they re countreye and were sore wery and broken of they re longe vyage ¶ Whan they vnderstode thyse tydynges Ascanyus that was sette vpon a ryche courser went with other in hys companye and rescued the shyppes wyth grete peyne but alle wayes there were thre of theyme loste and brente After thys was doon Eneas was conuseylled that he shulde begynne to bylde ther a newe cytee whiche he sholde people with the folke that were comen with hym that were not able to bere armes nor for to goo to bataylle And thus he dede it by the wylle of Accestes And deuysed the gretenes of the cytee and sayde that it sholde be called the newe troye But they of the countrey named her aftrewarde Accestre for the worshype of Accestes by whome alle the lande was gouerned In thesame cytee lefte Eneas the wymmen and the chyldren and the olde men and helped hymself with thoos that were stronge and that myghte welle endure the traueylles of bataylle for to ha●ue theym with hym In Italye A fewe men he hadde but they were gode and socourable bothe by see and by the lande whan this was doon and that Eneas hadde doo make the tombe of hys fader He toke hys leue of the kynge and of hys owne folke that he leste behynde for to enhabyte there that made grete sorowe for hys departynge Thenne retourned Eneas with his folke that sholde goo with hym In to Italye and entred hys shyppes that were well appareylled And made the saylles to be hyssed vppe toke vp theyr ancres and departed from the rode Thenne myghte ye haue seen the ladyes and other wepe full sore makynge grete moone for their frendes and theyr chyldren that they sawe departe from theym Eneas wente streyghte towarde ytaly but one thynge hapred euyll to theym For theyr chyeff maryner that vpon a nyghte was halfe a slepe vpon the forcastell felle doun in to the see and was drowned wherof Eneas was ful sory and alle his folke also And soone after they landed in an yle whiche is called Tulyola where was a cyte that was named Thetys after Thetys the neuewe of Eneas that gatte hit and peopled it after that he hadde conquered

kynge Latyne that heelde laurence the maystresse cyte of lombardye atte that tyme And moche Ioye was there made atte theyr weddynge ¶ How kynge Latyne deceassed And Eneas soone after hym And how Ascanyus was called Iulyus Capitulum lxiiij AFter this abode not longe but that the kynge Latynus deyed and deceassed oute of this mortalle worlde Thenne heelde Eneas all the royame But werres ynoughe he hadde there For Merencyus that heelde Cecylle werred ayenste hym But Eneas vaynquysshed hym not By cause that dethe toke hym sooner than he wende But after the deth of Eneas his sone Ascanyus faughte wyth Merencyus body to body sleewe hym and thēne he was called ascanyus iulyus by cause hys fyrste berde was but yonge whan he slewe Mezencyum whan eneas had brought that lōde in peas had delyuered it from grete myserye the dethe that noo body spareth ranne hym vpon In suche a manere that noo body coude neuere knowe how he loste hys lyffe Some sayen that he was slayne wyth the thonder bolte the other sayen that the goddes hadde rauyshed hym the other sayen hys body was founde wythin a ponde or a water that is nyghe the tonyre whiche is called Munycum of theym of the countreye Eneas lyued but thre yere after that he hadde wedded Lauyne the doughter of kynge Latyne thus as we haue saide ¶ How Ascanyus helde the royalme of Ytalye after the dethe of Eneas hys fader ¶ Capitulum Lxv AFter the dethe of Eneas helde the royalme Ascanyus hys sone that he hadde of the doughter of the kynge Pryamus of Troye And Lauyne abode grete wyth chylde of a sonne Wherfore she doubted sore lest that Ascanyus sholde make hym deye In treyson for to holde alle the royalme Therfore was she ryght sory And for feere that she hadde of it She fledde awaye In to the forest wythyn the lodges of Errorus that was a pastour And there she was tylle that she was delyuered of her sone that hadde to name Syluyus postumus whan Ascanyus wiste where hys stepmoder was goon and that she hadde a sone whiche was hys brother he sent her worde that she sholde comme to hym wythout eny feere She retourned came ayen to herstepsone ascaniꝰ berynge her son siluyus betwene her armes ascanyus gaffe by the coūseill of hys barons of his londe to his brother Syluyum the cyte of Lawrence wyth the appartenaunces Ascanyus buylded firste the towne or cyte of Albe in lombardye And there was his resortynge by the space of xxxviij yeres that he heelde his reygne after the dethe of hys fader Eneas And of thys cyte ben many in doubte who buylde it vppe Ascanyus or elles Syluyus postunus his brother By cause that all the knyges of lombardye that were syth Ascanyus vnto Romulus that founded rome hadde to name Syluyus for the hyghnesse of hym that fyrste heelde and buylded Albe This Syluyus was ryght valyaunte and mayntened well the royame And therfore all they that came after hym were called Syluyus lyke as after Cesar Augustus for his worthynesse all the emperours of rome that were after hym are named Augustus Ascanyus hadde a sone that called was Iulyus but whan Ascanyus deyed Iulyus was to yong for to rewle the royame And therfore he gaaff hit to Syluyus postunus his brother by Eneas his fader whiche he loued moche and taughte hym well and chastysed hym well as longe as he was a lyue ¶ And wytte that after that he was ded the quene Lauyne hadde a sone by Melompodes that hadde to name Latynus siluyus After Ascanyus regned Syluyus postunus his brother ¶ Of Iulyus the sone of Ascanyus yssued Iulyen of whom descended Iulyus Cesar And knowe that from the tyme that the children of ysrahel came oute of thraldome fro the kynge of Egypte Pharao Whā they passed the red see vnto Ascanyus tyme. that was was kyng of Lombarde was CCCC lxvij yeres After Syluyus postunus that was kyng .xxix. yeres helde the royame latynus syluyus .l yeres in the tyme that eneas his sone Ascanyus came in lombardye regned in Iherusalem kynge Dauyd the fader of Salamon that the scrypture pray seth soo moche After Latynus Syluynus regned in lombardye Arbasylyus xxix yeres After hym regned Egystus siluyus xxvij yeres After regned Capys siluyus xxiij yere After regned Ehiberynus syluynus viij yeres After regned Capestus xiij yere After regned Syluynus agryppa lx yeres ¶ In this tyme was Omerus moche made of and renommed of scyence in Greke After Agryppa regned Armelyus syluynus xix yeres This kynge was vnhappy and was slayne wyth the thonder After hym dyde reyne Postyus siluynus In this kynges dayes byganne the historyes of the romayns and of theym that founded roome But therof I shall telle now nomore but shall here make an ende of this lytyll boke named Eneydos HERE fynyssheth the boke yf Eneydos compyled by Vyrgyle whiche hathe be translated oute of latyne to frenshe And oute of frenshe reduced in to Englysshe by me wyllm̄ 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 W· ·C·