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1、THEGOLDENASSEbyLuciusApuleiusTranslatedbyWilliamAdlington1566DedicationTotheRightHonourableandMightyLord,THOMASEARLEOFSUSSEX,ViscountFitzwalter,LordofEgremontandofBurnell,KnightofthemostnobleOrderoftheGarter,IusticeoftheforrestsandChasesfromTrentSouthward;CaptainoftheGentlemanP
2、ensionersoftheHouseoftheQUEENEourSoveraigneLady.AfterthatIhadtakenuponme(rightHonourable)inmannerofthatunlearnedandfoolishPoet,Cherillus,whorashlyandunadvisedlywroughtabigvolumeinverses,ofthevaliantprowesseofAlexandertheGreat,totranslatethispresentbooke,contayningtheMetamorphos
3、isofLuciusApuleius;beingmoovedthereuntobytherightpleasantpastimeanddelectablemattertherein;Ieftsoonesconsultedwithmyself,towhomImightbestoffersopleasantandworthyawork,devisedbytheauthor,itbeingnowbarbarouslyandsimplyframedinourEnglishtongue.Andafterlongdeliberationhad,yourhonou
4、rablelordshipcametomyremembrance,amanmuchmoreworthy,thantowhomsohomelyandrudeatranslationshouldbepresented.ButwhenIagainremembredthejestingandsportfullmatterofthebooke,unfittobeofferedtoanymanofgravityandwisdome,IwaswhollydeterminedtomakenoEpistleDedicatoryatall;tillasnowoflate
5、perswadedthereuntobymyfriends,IhaveboldlyenterprisedtoofferthesametoyourLordship,whoasItrustwilacceptthesame,thanifitdidentreatofsomeseriousandloftymatter,lightandmerry,yettheeffectthereoftendethtoagoodandvertuousmoral,asinthefollowingEpistletothereadermaybedeclared.Forsohaveal
6、lwritersintimespastemployedtheirtravellandlabours,thattheirposteritymightreceivesomefruitfullprofitbythesame.Andtherforethepoetsfeinednottheirfablesinvain,consideringthatchildrenintimeoftheirfirststudies,areverymuchalluredtherebytoproceedtomoregraveanddeepestudiesanddisciplines
7、,whereastheirmindeswouldquicklyloaththewiseandprudentworkesoflearnedmen,whereininsuchunripeyearstheytakenosparkofdelectationatall.Andnotonlythatprofitarisethtochildrenbysuchfeinedfables,butalsothevertuesofmenarecovertlytherebycommended,andtheirvicesdiscommendedandabhorred.Forby
8、thefableofActaeon,whereitisfeignedthathesawDianawashin
