his fower against Philip of Macedon, &c. by Tho. Wylfon, Doctor of the Civill Lawes, 4to.

ISOCRATES.

1579

1534

Ifocrates's fage Admonition to Demonicus, by R. Nutthall, 8vo. Lond. 1557, 12mo. and 1585 Ifocrates's Doctrinal of Princes, by Syr Tho. Elliot, Lond. 8vo. Ifocrates's Orat. intitled Evagoras, by Jer. Wolfe, 8vo. 1581 Three Orations of moral Inftructions, one to Demonicus, and two to Nicocles, King of Salamis, tranflated from Ifocrates, by Tho. Forreft, 4to.

LUCIA N.

1580

Necromantia, a Dialog of the Poete Lucyen between Menippus and Philonides, for his Fantefye faynyd for a mery Paftyme, in English Verfe and Latin Profe. Toxaris, or the Friendship of Lucian, by A.O. Lond. 8vo.

HERODOTUS.

1565

1584

The famous Hyftory of Herodotus*, in nine Bookes, &c. by B. R. Lond. N. B. This Piece contains only the two firft Books, viz. the Clio and Euterpe. The Tranflator fays in his Preface, "As thefe fpeede, fo the rest will follow." 4to.

THUCYDIDES.

The Hyftory writtone by Thucydides, &c. tranflated out of the Frenche of Claude de Seyffel, Bishop of Marseilles, into the Englishe language, by Tho. Nicolls, Citizeine and Goldfmyth of London, fol.

POLYBIUS.

1550t

Hyftories of the most famous and worthy Cronographer,

* Among the entries in the books at Stationers-hall this appears to be one.

66

John Denham.] The famous Historye of Herodotus in Englyfhe, June 13, 1581."

+ On the Stationers' books in 1607 either this or fome other tranflation is enter'd, called "The Hiftory of Thucidides the Athenian tranflated into English,"

Polybius,

Polybius, by Chriftopher Watson, 8vo.

This Work confifts of extracts only.

DIODORUS SICULUS*.

1568

The Hiftory of the Succeffors of Alexander, &c. out of Diodorus Siculus and Plutarch, by 1 ho. Stocker. Lond. 4to.

APPIA N.

1569

An aunciente Hiftorie, &c. by Appiant of Alexandria, translated out of diverse Languages, &c. by W. B. 4to. Lond.

1578

JOSEPH US.

Jofephus's Hiftory, &c. tranflated into English, by Tho. Lodge, fol. Lond.

ELIAN.

1602-1609, &c.

Ælian's Regiftre of Hyftories, by Abraham Fleming, 4to.

HERODIAN.

1576

The Hiftorie of Herodian, &c. tranfl. oute of Greeke into Latin, by Angelus Politianus, and out of Latin into Englyfhe, by Nich. Smyth. Imprinted at London, by William Coplande, 4to ‡.

PLUTARCH.

Plutarch's Lives §, by Sir Tho. North, from the Fr. of Amyot, Bishop of Auxerre, fol. 1579, 1602, 1603

* Caxton tells us, that "Skelton had tranflated Diodorus Si"culus, the Epiftles of Tulle, and diverse other Workes :" but I know not that they were ever printed.

In the first volume of the entries in the books of the Stationers' company, Feb. 5, 1577, is the following:

"Henry Binneman. Appianus Alexandrinus of the Romaine Çivill Warres."

by

Oct. 1591, Herodian in English was entered at Stationers-hall
Adams.

§ Thus entered in the books of the Stationers' company. "April 1579-Vautrouller-Wright, a booke in Englishe called Plutarch's Lyves."

Plutarch's

1603

Plutarch's Morals, by Dr. Philemon Holland Plutarch of the Education of Children, by Sir Tho. Elyott, 4to.

The Preceptes of that excellent Clerke and grave Philofopher Plutarche, for the Preservation of Healthe, 8vo. 1543

ARISTOTLE.

The Ethiques of Ariftotle, &c. by John Wylkinfon. Printed by Grafton, Printer to K. Edw. VI. 8vo. B. L.

1547 + The Secrete of Secretes of Ariftotle, &c. tranflated out of the Frenche, &c. Lond. 8vo.

1528

Ariftotle's Politiques, &c. from the Fr. by J. D. fol. Lond.

XENOPHON.

1598

The eight Bookes of Xenophon, containing the Inftitution, Schole, and Education of Cyrus, the noble King of Perfye, &c. tranfl. out of Gr. into Engl. by Mr. William Bercher. Lond. 12mo. 1567 and 1569

Do. by Dr. Philemon Holland.

Xenophon's Treatife of House-hold right, connyngly transl. out of the Greke tongue, &c. by Gentian Hervet, &c. 8vo. Lond.

1532. 8vo. 15341544. 8vo. 1573

The Arte of Riding from Xenophon, &c. Lond. 4to. 1584

EPICTETUSS..

The Manuell of Epictetus, tranfl. out of Greeke into French, *On the Stationers' books in the year 1600 is the following entry.

A booke to be tranflated out of Frenche into Englishe, and fo printed, called the Morall Woorkes of Plutarque." Again in 1602. Again in the fame year, "The morral worke of Plutarque, being tranflated out of French into English."

Of the Ethicks of Ariftotle fome more early translation must have appeared; as Sir Tho. Elyot in his Boke named the Gover nour, 1537, fays, "they are to be learned in Greke; for the tranflations that we have, be but a rude and groffe shadowe of the eloquence and wyfdome of Ariftotle."

This tranflation is entered in the books at Stationers-hall. "Adam Iflip] Ariftotle's Politiques with expofitions; to be tranflated into Englyfhe by the Frenche copie, 1598."

In the books of the Stationer's company, Feb. 12, 1581, Tho. Eafte entered Enchiridion in English.

and

1567

and now into English, &c. Alfo the Apothegmes,
&c. by James Sandford. Lond. 12mo.

EUNA PIUS SARDIANUS*.

The Lyves of Philofophers and Orators, from the Greek of
Eunapius, 4to.

ACHILLES TATIUS.

1579

The most delectable and pleasant Hift. of Clitophon and
Leucippe, from the Greek of Achilles Statius, &c. by
W. B. 4to

M. ANTONINU St.

1597+

The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius, Emperour and elo-
quent Orator, 12mo. Lond.

1553

Tranflated out of Fr. into Eng. by Sir John Bourchier, Kt.

&c. &c.

Other editions of this are in 1534, 1535, 2536, 1537, 1559.
1586, 1588.

DIONYSIUS.

Dionyfius's Defcription of the Worlde. Englvfhed by Tho.
Twine, 8vo. Lond.

EUCLID.

1572

Euclid's Elements of Geometry, tranfl. into Eng. by Rich.
Candish, who flourished, A. D.

1556

*Thus entered in the books of the Stationer's company.
"Richard Jones. The Lives of divers excellente Orators and
Philofophers written in Greeke by Enapius of the city of Sardis in
Lydia, and tranflated into Englifhe by

This book was entered in the fame year by Thomas Creede,
on the books of the Stationers' company.

This book is only introduced, that an opportunity may be
obtained of excluding it from any future catalogue of tranflated
claffics. It was a fraud of Guevara's, but not undetected; for
Chapman, in his Gentleman Ufher, 602, fpeaks of the book as
Guevara's
66
own. If there be not more choice words in that let-
ter, than in any three of Guevara's Golden Epiftles, I am a very
afs." pee his article in Bayle. Our countryman Elyott did fome-
what of the fame kind. He pretended to tranflate the Actes and
Sentences notable, of the Emperor Alexander Severus, (from the
Greek of Encolpius. See Fabricius' and Tanner's Bibliothec. &c.

Euclid's

Euclid's Elements, Pref. by John Dee. Lond.

HIPPOCRATES.

1570

The Aphorifmes of Hippocrates, redacted into a certaine Order, and translated by Humfrie Llhyd, 8vo. 1585

GALE N.

Galen's Two Books of Elements, tranflated into Engl. by J. Jones, 4to. Lond.

1574 Certaine Workes of Galen, englyfhed by Tho. Gale, 4to.

HELIODORUS..

1586

1591

The Beginning of Ethiopical Hiftory in Engl. Hexameters,
by Abrah. Fraunce, 8vo. Lond.
Heliodorus's Ethiopic Hift. tranfl. by Tho. Underdown,
B. L. 4to. Lond.

VIRGIL.

1577 and 1587

The Boke of Eneydos, &c. by Caxton, fol. Lond. profe 1490

The thirteen Bukes of Eneados in Scottish Metir, by Gawain Douglas, 4to. Lond.

1553 Certain Bookes of Virgile's Æneist turned into English Metir, by the right honourable Lorde, Henry Earle of Surrey, 4to. Lond.

1557

The firft feven Bookes of the Eneidos, by Phaer. Lond.

B. L.

1558

This Tranflation is in rhime of fourteen fyllables. The nyne first Bookes, &c. by Phaer, 4to. Lond. 1562 The thirteene Bookes of Eneidos, by Phaer and Twyne, 4to. Lond. 1584, 1596, 1607, &c. The first foure Bookes of Virgil's Æneis, tranfiated into

A tranflation of the fame book is likewife entered at Stationer's hall 1602, and again twice in 1604, for different printers.

This is a tranflation of the fecond and fourth books into blank verfe, and is perhaps the oldeft fpecimen of that metre in the English language.

Among the entries in the books of the Stationer's company, is the following. "Tho. Creede.] Virgil's Eneidos in Englishe verte, 1595." Again in 1600. Again his Bucolics and Georgics in the fame year.

Engl.