...late translated the Epistles of Tully, aud the book of Diodorus Siculus, and divers other works, out of Latin into English, not in rude and old language,...of them each science is appropr[iat]ed. I suppose lie hath drunken of Helicon's well. Then I pray him, and such other, to correct, add, or [dijminish...

...P. 168. 1. 31.— Caxton speaks of Skelton's translations from the Greek and Latin, as not rendered in rude and old language, but in polished and ornate terms craftily. He adds, " And also h» hath redde the ix muses, and understande their musicalle scyences, and to whom...

...Epistles of Tully, and the History of Diodorus Siculus, out of Latin into English" and as " one that had read Virgil, Ovid, Tully, and all the other noble poets and orators to me unknown." age, but he had the industry to keep pace with it, and with little judgment and less learning he found...

...Epistles of Tully, and the History of Diodorus Siculus, out of Latin into English," and as " one that had read Virgil, Ovid, Tully, and all the other noble poets and orators to me unknown." length there was a generation of readers, an English press induced many to turn authors who were only...

...Epistles of Tully, and the History of Diodoms Siculus, out of Latin into English," and as " one that had read Virgil, Ovid, Tully, and all the other noble poets and orators to me •unknown." length there was a generation of readers, an English press induced many to turn authors who were only...

...are mentioned by Skelton in his ' Garland of Laurel ;' they are now lost], and divers other works out of Latin into English, not in rude and old language,...the other noble poets and orators to me unknown." * A flock. Skelton was, as Caxton says, a learned man, and his learning enabled him to write in polished...

...late translated the epistles of Tully, and the book of Diodorus Siculus, and divers other works out of Latin into English, not in rude and old language,...and orators to me unknown. And also he hath read the Nine Muses, and understands their musical sciences, and to whom of them each science is appropred....

...of Tully," and the " History of Diodorus Siculus," out of latin into Englith, and as " one that had read Virgil, Ovid, Tully, and all the other noble poets and orators to me unknnwn." general illiteracy of the times, was more favorable to our vernacular literature than would...

...prince Henry, afterwards Henry VIII. Caxton wrote of him that "he hath redde Vergyle, Ovyd, Tullye, and all the other noble poets and orators, to me unknown. And also he hath redde the nine muses, and understandeth theyr musicall scyences, and to whom of them eche scyence is...

...unacquainted with classic Latin is evident from a reference to Skelton, whom he mentions as 'one that had read Virgil, Ovid, Tully, and all the other noble poets and orators to me unknown? With the industry to keep pace with his age, he had not the genius to create a national taste by his...