LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE WITH NOTES,

By HENRY THOMAS RILEY, B.A.

LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A METRICAL TRANSLATION OF PHAEDRUS,

By CHRISTOPHER SMART, A.M.

THE FABLES OF PHAEDRUS. BOOK I. Smart THE PROLOGUE.

THE FABLES OF PHAEDRUS,

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE

By CHRISTOPHER SMAR T, A.M.,

FELLOW OF PEMBROKE HALL, CAMBRIDGE. BOOK I. Riley PROLOGUE.

THE END.

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The text is taken from an omnibus volume that also contained Riley’s translation of the six surviving plays of Terence. The full title page has been retained for completeness, but the sections of the Preface and Contents that apply only to Terence have been omitted.

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