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TO MY MUCH HONOURED FRIEND HENRY LORD CAREY OF LEPPINGTON, UPON HIS TRANSLATION OF MALVEZZI, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: My lord, in every trivial work 'tis known
Last Line: He writes, and you translate, both to your peers.
Subject(s): Carey, Henry, 1st Baron Hunsdon; Translating & Interpreting


UPON HIS TRANSLATION OF MALVEZZI

MY Lord,
In every trivial work 'tis known,
Translators must be masters of their own
And of their author's language, but your task
A greater latitude of skill did ask;
For your Malvezzi first requir'd a man
To teach him speak vulgar Italian;
His matter's so sublime, so new his phrase,
So far above the style of Bembo's days,
Old Varchi's rules, or what the Crusca yet
For current Tuscan mintage will admit,
As I believe your Marquess by a good
Part of his natives' hardly understood.
You must expect no happier fate; 'tis true
He is of noble birth, of nobler you:
So nor your thoughts nor words fit common ears;
He writes, and you translate, both to your peers.





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