Excerpt from The Aeneid of Vergil: Books I-IV; Translated Into English Verse Such is the substance of my defence against possible assailants of the metre which I have selected, and also my apology to critics and readers for ventur ing to add my sum of more to that which' already perhaps in their Opinion hath too much.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.