Didactic epic · 1611

The Divine Weeks

Du Bartas his Divine Weekes and Workes: La Sepmaine, ou Creation du monde, and La Seconde Sepmaine

by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

Translated by Josuah Sylvester (1605–1611)

Du Bartas's Huguenot epic of the Creation and of sacred history, in Sylvester's rhyming English couplets: the seven Days of the First Week, and four Days of the Second Week from Adam to David.

Contents · 23 parts

• The First Week: The First Dayabout 840 lines
• The First Week: The Second Dayabout 1290 lines
• The First Week: The Third Dayabout 1170 lines
• The First Week: The Fourth Dayabout 850 lines
• The First Week: The Fifth Dayabout 1090 lines
• The First Week: The Sixth Dayabout 1120 lines
• The First Week: The Seventh Dayabout 740 lines
• The Second Week, First Day, Part I: Edenabout 760 lines
• The Second Week, First Day, Part II: The Impostureabout 650 lines
• The Second Week, First Day, Part III: The Furiesabout 800 lines
• The Second Week, First Day, Part IV: The Handi-Craftsabout 770 lines
• The Second Week, Second Day, Part I: The Arkeabout 620 lines
• The Second Week, Second Day, Part II: Babylonabout 700 lines
• The Second Week, Second Day, Part III: The Coloniesabout 850 lines
• The Second Week, Second Day, Part IV: The Columnesabout 780 lines
• The Second Week, Third Day, Part I: The Vocationabout 1460 lines
• The Second Week, Third Day, Part II: The Fathersabout 520 lines
• The Second Week, Third Day, Part III: The Lawabout 1490 lines
• The Second Week, Third Day, Part IV: The Captainesabout 1290 lines
• The Second Week, Fourth Day, Book I: The Tropheisabout 1360 lines
• The Second Week, Fourth Day, Book II: The Magnificenceabout 1420 lines
• The Second Week, Fourth Day, Book III: The Schismeabout 1070 lines
• The Second Week, Fourth Day, Book IV: The Decayabout 1250 lines

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