The Lyues, Of Philosophers and Oratours: Written in Greeke, by Eunapius,
of the Cittie of Sardeis in Lydia. Brought into light, Translated into
Latine, and Dedicated to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, our moste
gracious Princesse and Soueraigne, Queene Elizabeth. By the great
learned man, Hadrianus Iunius Hornanus. 1568. And now set foorth in
English, at his request: and Dedicated to the right Honourable, the Lord
Chauncellour of England. 1579. Wherein may be seene, The deepe knowledge
of Philosophie. The wonderfull workes of secrete Artes. The maruelous
effects of perfight eloquence. The singuler giftes of naturall
qualities. The enuie of the ambitious, against the learned. The
daingerous dayes that then befell for faythe. The one of Christians, the
other of Infidels. _Imprinted at London by Richard Iohnes, and are to be
solde at his shop ouer against S. Sepulchres Church without Newgate.
The_.xx. _daye of May._
=B. L.= 4^o. (7 × 5-1/4). T. 1. 2.
Collation: _A_^4A-N^4, folios numbered. Epistle dedicatory to Sir
Thomas Bromley, signed by the translator: H. I. H. Epistle to Queen
Elizabeth, signed: Hadrianus Iunius Hornanus, the original editor
and Latin translator, and dated Harlem, March 1, 1568. Acrostic
verses to the Queen. Hadrianus' address to the reader. Verses by
'Gerarde Phalcepurgie of Nimega'. Life of Eunapius. At the end
another address to the reader by Hadrianus, followed by
alphabetical table and list of errata.
Sinker 467. BM 601.