Oriental Eclogues
Written Originally for the Entertainment of the Ladies of Tauris
And Now Translated
–––Ubi primus equis Oriens adflavit anhelis.
Virg.
The First Edition was entitled, “Persian Eclogues, written originally for the Entertainment of the Ladies of Tauris. And now first translated, &c.
Quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur, et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur; tamen, ut opinor, hanc animi remissionem humanissimam ac liberalissimam judicaretis.
Cic. pro Arch. Poeta.”