02229nam 2200409 n 450 99639083890331620200824120704.0(CKB)4940000000102412(EEBO)2240857172(UnM)99842283e(UnM)99842283(EXLCZ)99494000000010241219910502d1484 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton[electronic resource] whiche booke hath ben translated in to Englysshe by Mayster Benet Burgh, late Archedeken of Colchestre and hye chanon of saint stephens at westmestre ... and by cause of late cam to my hand a book of the said Caton in Frensshe, whiche reherceth many a fayr lernynge and notable ensamples, I haue translated it oute of frensshe in to Englysshe, as al along here after shalle appiere, whiche I presente vnto the cyte of london[Westminster Printed by William Caxton1484][160] pThe original Latin text of the Disticha, with an anonymous prose paraphrase and commentary.The disticha, wrongly attributed to Marcus Porcius Cato, in fact date from imperial times.Caption title, pi2r.Printer's name from STC; publication date from Needham.Colophon reads: Here fynyssheth this present book whiche is sayd or called Cathon translated oute of Frensshe in to Englysshe by William Caxton in thabbay of westmynstre the yere of oure lord M CCCC lxxxiij, and the fyrst yere of the regne of kynge Rychard the thyrd the xxiij day of decembre.Signatures: pi⁶ (pi2,3 signed ij, iij respectively) a-h i¹⁰.The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.Reproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library.eebo-0021Caxton Williamca. 1422-1491.196637Cato Marcus Porcius234-149 B.C.,Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996390838903316Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton2414815UNISA