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| THE GOL= | DEN | BOKE OF MARCVS | AVRELIVS EMPE= | ROVR AND | ELO= | QVENT ORATOVR. | ANNO. M.D.XLII. |
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The title page is surrounded by an engraving of vines with myriads of putti. It is topped by an entablature on which is a roundel of Caesar between two sphinxes. At the bottom putti process in a triumphal entry, one is born on a platform aloft, whilst others blow their horns or beat drums.
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| Thus endeth the volume of Marke Aurelie empe= | rour, otherwise called the golden boke, translated oute of | Frenche into englysshe by Jhon Bourchier knyghte | lorde Barners, deputye general of the kynges | towne of Caleis and marches of the same, | at the instant desyre of his nephewe syr | Francis Bryan knyghte, ended | at Caleys the tenth day of | Marche, in the yere | of the Reygne | of oure so= | ueraine | lorde kynge HENRY | the. VIII. the | XXIII. | [leaf motif] LONDINI [leaf motif] IN OFFICINA Thomae Berthe- | leti typis impress. | Cum priuilegio ad imprimen- | dum solum. | ANNO. M.D.XLII. | |
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