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Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1118

1664

Part of the prologue to Dryden and Howard's play "The Indian Queen", in which the natives of Mexico realise that the Spanish conquest has brought their

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1124

1697 (published)

Extracts from Dryden's poem on Alexander the Great's feast after his victory over Persia, demonstrating the power of music to sway emotions before the time

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1375

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's first Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherd Tityrus relates his good fortune in being able to remain on his native land as

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1376

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's second Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherd

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1377

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's third Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which Palaemon judges that the shepherds Menalcas and Damaetas both deserve the prize after

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1378

1684 (published)

Translation of Virgil's fourth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the poet celebrates the birth of Salonius, son of the consul Pollio, as beginning a new

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1379

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's fifth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the shepherds Menalcas and Mopsus sing elegiac laments for the death of Daphnis, praising

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1380

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's sixth Pastoral, or Eclogue, in which the satyr Silenus sings of the creation of the world and subsequent events in classical

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1381

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", I, a treatise on agriculture and weather-lore, requesting assistance for his enterprise from the gods and

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1382

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", II, a treatise on agriculture, particularly horticulture, tree-planting and soils, including praise of Italy

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1383

1697 (published)

Translation of Virgil's "Georgics", III, largely a treatise on the breeding and care of animals, particularly horses, cattle and sheep, including

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/1395

1712 (published)

Epitaph on Margaret Paston, praising her virtues