ABSTRACT
Date and publication. Printed in 1693 in EP (the volume probably appeared towards the end of July); not reprinted in D.’s lifetime. D. was at work on the translation in October 1692, and at least the first section (down to the end of the Daphne story) was one of the first items to be submitted to Tonson for inclusion in EP (see headnote to ‘Dedication to Examen Poeticum’). The present text is based on 1693, with paragraphing removed at l. 214 and introduced at ll. 217, 228, and 326.
