As recorded in the title, the Douay-Rheims version is a translation
primarily from the Latin Vulgate. A brief selection from the preface to
the 1582 edition explains the reasons for this approach. Together with
the glossary the text shows the translators scholarly motivations, but
also provides a glimpse into the charged climate of the period. The
transcriber hopes he did a tolerable job in transliterating the Greek
words in the preface. The glossary contains words newly used in the
language of the day. Some were later dropped from the Challoner
revision, others have found common usage today.