ADVERTISEMENT
.
THE
great
character
Maphaeus
Vegius
bore
among
the
learned
,
may
be
a
sufficient
reason
for
me
to
have
attempted
the
following
translation
;
in
which
I
was
the
more
encouraged
,
as
I
do
not
know
of
any
other
version
but
one
by
Thomas
Twine
,
doctor
of
physic
,
printed
in
the
year
1584
;
and
he
,
I
am
sure
,
is
no
powerful
antagonist
.
I
shall
not
pretend
to
criticise
upon
my
author
;
but
shall
only
observe
,
by
the
way
,
that
I
think
him
too
fond
of
repetitions
,
some
of
which
I
have
hurried
over
,
and
others
I
have
entirely
struck
out
.
Maphaeus
Vegius
was
born
at
Lodi
,
in
the
Milaneze
,
in
the
year
1407
,
and
was
secretary
of
the
briefs
to
pope
Martin
the
Fifth
,
and
afterwards
datary
.
He
was
like
wise
endowed
with
a
canonry
of
St.
Peter's
,
with
which
he
was
so
well
contented
,
that
he
refused
a
rich
bishoprick
.
Pope
Eugenius
the
Fourth
,
and
Nicholas
the
Fifth
,
out
of
their
regard
for
his
learning
,
and
affection
to
his
person
,
continued
him
in
his
office
of
datary
.
He
died
at
Rome
in
the
year
1459.
THE
ARGUMENT
.
Turnus
being
slain
by
Eneas
,
the
Rutuli
submit
to
the
conqueror
,
and
are
suffered
to
carry
off
their
dead
leader
with
all
his
armour
,
except
the
belt
of
Pallas
,
which
īs
to
be
sent
back
to
Evander
.
Eneas
sacrifices
to
the
gods
.
Latinus
deplores
the
death
of
Turnus
.
So
does
Daunus
his
father
,
who
likewise
laments
a
great
confla
gration
,
that
lays
his
city
in
ashes
,
and
is
miraculously
trans
formed
into
a
bird
called
a
heron
.
Latinus
sends
messengers
to
Eneas
with
proposals
of
peace
,
and
a
treaty
of
marriage
with
his
daughter
Lavinia
,
which
are
both
accepted
.
He
comes
to
Lau
rentum
,
marries
the
daughter
of
the
king
,
and
at
his
death
succeeds
him
in
the
kingdom
,
having
first
founded
a
city
of
his
own
,
which
he
names
Lavinium
.
Venus
interceeds
with
Jupiter
to
make
her
son
a
god
,
which
he
consents
to
.
She
flies
with
him
to
heaven
,
and
he
is
afterwards
worshipped
by
the
Romans
.