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Hovenden Walker, 8vo. Lond. 1689. Reprin

ted 8vo. ibid. 1693.

Aulus GELLIUS. See AULUS Gellius.

GILDAS, born A. C. 520.

A Prophecy under the Name of Gildas, wherein among other things he prophesies the utter ruine of Edinburgh; in an edition of some old Scots Prophecies; published by Mr. Andrew Hart, Edinb. 1615.

The Epistle of Gildas, a Britain, entitled De excidio et conquestu Britannia, translated into English by Thos. Habington, 8vo. Lond. 1638.

GRATIUS Faliscus, flourished under Au

gustus.

The Poem of Hunting, written by GRATIUS Faliscus, translated into English Verse, with Notes (with the Latin Text) by Christopher Ware, 12mo. Lond. 1654.

GREGORY the Great, flourished A. C. 590. - St. Gregory on the Lives and Miracles of the Saints, translated into English, 8vo. Lond. 1608.

Alfred's Preface to his Translation of Gregory's Pastoral, with an English Version interlined, and afterwards the same in Latin; in Ælfredi Regis. Res Gesta; fol. Lond. 1574.

Collectanea, out of Gregory the Great, and

St. Bernard, the Devout, against the Papists, &c. 8vo. Oxford, 1618.

GREGORY Nazianzen, flourished A. C. 370. Gregory Nazianzen his Epigrams, and Spiritual Sentences, translated by Thos. Drant, 8vo. Lond. 1568.

Panegyrick upon the Maccabees, translated into English by Jeremy Collier, 8vo. Lond. 1716.

For other translations from this writer, see Mr. Jabez Hughes's Miscellanies, 8vo. Lond.

1737.

H.

Valerius HARPOCRATION, flourished A. C.

360.

The Magick of Kirani King of Persia and of Harpocration, containing the magical and medicinal Virtues of Stones, Herbs, Fishes, Beasts and Birds; now translated into English, from a Copy, found in a private Hand, 8vo. Lond. 1687, which the reader may believe if he please.

HELIODORUS, A. C. 390.

An Ethiopian historie, written in Greeke by Heliodorus, no lesse wittie then pleasaunt. En

glished by Thos. Underdowne, 4to. Lond. 1577. Black Letter.

The Ethiopian History, newly corrected and augmented, by the said authour; 4to. Lond. 1587.

The beginning of Heliodorus his Æthiopian history, translated into english hexameters, by Abr. Fraunce, 8vo. Lond. 1591. annexed to the second part of his book entitled, The Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch; containing the affectionate Life and unfortunate Death of Phillis and Amyntas; 4to. Lond. 1592.

The Historie of Heliodorus, in ten books, turned into English, by W. Lisle, 4to. Lond. 1622.

Æthiopian Adventures, or the History of Theagenes and Chariclea. Written originally in Greek by Heliodorus, in ten Books; the first five translated by a Person of Quality; the last five by Nahum Tate, 8vo. Lond. 1686. Second edition, ibid. 1753. The translation of the four last books is tolerably correct; that of the six former much less so.

printed in the Winter Evenings Entertainments, first volume, 12mo. Sherborne, Goadby, London, Owen, 1752.

The Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea; a Romance. Translated from the Greek of Heliodorus, 12mo. Lond. 1791, 2 vols. A translation executed with great ability and spirit.

HERMAS, flourished in the first Cent.

The Shepherd of Hermas, translated and published with a preliminary Discourse, by Wm. Wake, in his Translation of the genuine Epistles of the Apostolical Fathers, 8vo. Lond. 1693, second edition, ibid. 1710, incomparably better. Republished in the above work frequently. See BARNABAS.

HERMESIANAX, probably Contemporary with Epicurus.

Fragment of Hermesianax of Colophon, addressed to his Mistress Leontium, describing the Amours of the Greek Poets, translated by Rich. Cumberland, Esq. in the European Magazine for July, 1786.

HERMES Trismegistus, B. C. 1900,-but very uncertain.

The learned worke of Hermes Trismegistus, entitled, Jatromathematica, i. e, his physical Mathematiques, or Mathematical Phisickes, directed unto Ammon the Egyptian. A book of especial great use for al Studentes in Astrologie and Phisicke. Lately englished by John Harvey, 8vo. Lond. 1583.

The Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus, translated into English, by Dr. Everard, 12mo. Lond. 1650.

Choice Receipts, by Ralph Williams, with

the Physical Mathematics of Hermes Trismegistus, by John Hervey, 8vo. Lond. 1657.

HERODIAN, A. C. 240.

The Hystory of Herodian, a Greeke Author, treating of the Roman Emperors after Marcus : translated out of Greeke into latin by Angelus Politianus, and out of latin into english, by Nicholas Smyth, 4to. Lond. by Wm. Copeland. No date.

Herodian's History of twenty Roman Cæsars and Emperors, translated into English, 4to. Lond. 1629. Reprinted 8vo. ibid. 1635.

Herodian's Imperial History converted into a Heroic Poem, by C. B. Stupylton, 4to. Lond.

1652.

translated into English, by a Gentle

man, 8vo. Lond. 1698.

Herodian's History of his own Times, translated into English, with large Notes, by J. Hart, 8vo. Lond. 1749.

The Heir Apparent, or the Life of Commodus, Son and Successor of the good Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor of Rome: translated from the Greek of Herodian, with a Preface adapted to the present Times; 8vo. Lond. 1789. The original is written with great elegance and simplicity, and the translation equally so.

HERODOTUS, B. C. 484.

The famous Hystory of Herodotus; conteyn

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