ABSTRACT
Date and publication. Drafted by Soame in 1680. The date of D .’s revision is not known, but an echo of Boileau’s original in ‘Virgil’s Ninth Eclogue’ (1. 45«) suggests that D. may have been working on these two poems simultaneously in 1683. The A rt of Poetry, Written in French by The Sieurde Boileau, Made English was published in 1683 by R. Bentley and S. Magnes (TC November). For a revision made during press correction, see 11. 203-4«.
