Epic poem · 1513 (printed 1553)

Eneados (Douglas)

The xiii. Bukes of Eneados of the famose poete Virgill translatet into Scottish metir

by Virgil

Translated by Gavin Douglas (completed 1513; printed 1553)

Gavin Douglas's Middle Scots translation of the Aeneid, finished in 1513 and first printed in London in 1553, the first complete translation of the Aeneid into any form of English, with his own prologue to each book and Vegio's thirteenth book.

Contents · 14 parts

• Book Iabout 1840 lines
• Book IIabout 1400 lines
• Book IIIabout 1290 lines
• Book IVabout 1580 lines
• Book Vabout 1680 lines
• Book VIabout 2100 lines
• Book VIIabout 2080 lines
• Book VIIIabout 1840 lines
• Book IXabout 2020 lines
• Book Xabout 2330 lines
• Book XIabout 2310 lines
• Book XIIabout 2610 lines
• Book XIII (Vegio's Supplement)about 1630 lines
• Conclusion and Envoysabout 110 lines

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