for the selfe same causes, that be recited against _Paraphrasis_.
And therfore, for the vse, or misuse of it, the same is to be
thought, that is spoken of _Paraphrasis_ before. This was
_Sulpitius_ exercise: and he gathering vp therby, a Poeticall kinde
of talke, is iustlie named of _Cicero, grandis et Tragicus Orator:_
which I think is spoken, not for his praise, but for other mens
warning, to exchew the like faulte. Yet neuertheles, if our
Scholemaster for his owne instruction, is desirous, to see a
perfite example hereof, I will recite one, which I thinke, no
man is so bold, will say, that he can amend it: & that is
_Hom._ 1. _Il._ // _Chrises_ the Priestes Oration to the _Grekes_, in
the
_Pla._ 3. _Rep._ // beginnyng of _Homers Ilias_, turned excellentlie
into prose by _Socrates_ him selfe, and that aduised-
lie and purposelie for other to folow: and therfore he calleth
this exercise, in the same place, mimesis, that is, _Imitatio_, which
is most trew: but, in this booke, for teachyng sake, I will name
it _Metaphrasis_, reteinyng the word, that all teachers, in this
case, do vse.
Homerus. I. Iliad.
o gar elthe thoas epi neas Achaion,
lysomenos te thygatra, pheron t apereisi apoina,
stemmat echon en chersin ekebolou Apollonos,
chryseo ana skeptro kai elisseto pantas Achaious,
Atreida de malista duo, kosmetore laon.
Atreidai te, kai alloi euknemides Achaioi,
ymin men theoi doien, Olympia domat echontes,
ekpersai Priamoio polin eu d oikad ikesthai
paida d emoi lysai te philen, ta t apoina dechesthai,
azomenoi Dios uion ekebolon Apollona.
enth alloi men pantes epeuphemesan Achaioi
aideisthai th ierea, kai aglaa dechthai apoina
all ouk Atreide Agamemnoni endane thymo,
alla kakos aphiei, krateron d epi mython etellen.
me se, geron, koilesin ego para neusi kicheio,
e nyn dethynont, e ysteron autis ionta,
me ny toi ou chraisme skeptron, kai stemma theoio
ten d ego ou lyso, prin min kai geras epeisin,
emetero eni oiko, en Argei telothi patres
_the ready way to the Latin tong._ 255
iston epoichomenen, kai emon lechos antioosan.
all ithi, me m erethize saoteros os ke neeai.
os ephat eddeisen d o geron, kai epeitheto mytho
be d akeon para thina polyphloisboio thalasses,
polla d epeit apaneuthe kion erath o geraios
Apolloni anakti, ton eukomos teke Leto.
klythi meu, argyrotox, os Chrysen amphibebekas,
killan te zatheen, Tenedoio te iphi anasseis,
smintheu, ei pote toi Charient epi neon erepsa,
e ei de pote toi kata piona meri ekea
tauron, ed aigon, tode moi kreenon eeldor
tiseian Danaoi ema dakrua soisi belessin.
Socrates in 3. _de Rep._ saith thus,
Phraso gar aneu metrou,
ou gar eimi poietikos.
elthen o Chryses tes te thygatros lytra pheron, kai iketes
ton Achaion, malista de ton basileon: kai eucheto, ekeinois
men tous theous dounai elontas ten Troian, autous de sothenai,
ten de thygatera oi auto lysai, dexamenous apoina, kai ton
theon aidesthentas. Toiauta de eipontos autou, oi men alloi
esebonto kai synenoun, o de Agamemnon egriainen, entel-
lomenos nyn te apienai, kai authis me elthein, me auto to te
skeptron, kai ta tou theou stemmata ouk eparkesoi. prin
de lythenai autou thygatera, en Argei ephe gerasein meta ou.
apienai de ekeleue, kai me erethizein, ina sos oikade elthoi.
o de presbytes akousas edeise te kai apeei sige, apocho-
resas d ek tou stratopedou polla to Apolloni eucheto,
tas te eponymias tou theou anakalon kai ypomimneskon kai
apaiton, ei ti popote e en naon oikodomesesin, e en ieron
thysiais kecharismenon doresaito. on de charin kateucheto
tisai tous Achaious ta a dakrua tois ekeinon belesin.
To compare _Homer_ and _Plato_ together, two wonders of
nature and arte for witte and eloquence, is most pleasant and
profitable, for a man of ripe iudgement. _Platos_ turning of
_Homer_ in this place, doth not ride a loft in Poeticall termes,
but goeth low and soft on foote, as prose and _Pedestris oratio_
should do. If _Sulpitius_ had had _Platos_ consideration, in right