THE

BUCOLICS OF VIRGIL,

LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE,

FROM

THE TEXT OF HEYNE.

PUBLII

VIRGILII MARONIS

BUCOLICON LIBER.

THE

BUCOLICS OF VIRGIL,

LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE,

FROM THE

TEXT OF HEYNE:

WITH THE SCANNING OF EACH VERSE, THE SYNTHETICAL Order,

A MORE FREE TRANSLATION,

AND A COPIOUS BODY OF NOTES EXPLANATORY, CRITICAL, AND HISTORICAL.

TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED,

A VOCABULARY

OF ALL THE WORDS THAT OCCUR IN THE ECLOGUES,

AND

AN INDEX.

FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS.

BY

T. W. C. EDWARDS, M. A.

De numero vatum si quis seponat Homerum,
Proximus à primo tùm Maro, primus erit:
Et si post primum Maro seponatur Homerum,
Longè erit à primo, quisque secundus erit.
Alcinoi de Virgilio testimonium.

London:

MATTHEW ILEY, SOMERSET STREET,
PORTMAN SQUARE:

SOLD BY TALBOYS, OXFORD; NEWBY, CAMBRIDGE; AND BELL AND BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH.

1825.

TO

FIELD-MARSHAL

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

WILLIAM FREDERICK,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,

KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER, AND GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH;

ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONORABLE PRIVY COUNCIL;

COLONEL

OF THE THIRD REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS;

AND

CHANCELLOR

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

D. C. L. F. R. S. F.S. A.

&c. &c. &c.

THIS EDITION

OF

THE BUCOLICS OF VIRGIL

IS,

WITH THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND MOST UNFEIGNED GRATITUDE,

DEDICATED,

BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S

VERY OBEDIENT

AND MUCH OBLIGED SERVANT,

3.W.C. Edwards