Dec. 15. 1849.] 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
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term “ pisan,” so often used, in old records, for 
some part of defensive armour, particularly in the 
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries? It does not 
bear any relation to the fabrics of Pisa. 
T. Hupson Turner. 
TRANSLATIONS OF GRAY’S ELEGY. 
Sir, — My best apology for troubling you with 
such a lengthened Query is, that it will serve, to 
some extent, as a Note. Will any of your corre- 
spondents inform me of any additions to the fol- 
lowing list of translations of Gray’s Elegy? It 
may possibly be more incomplete than I am aware 
of, as it is drawn up, with two exceptions, from 
copies in my own library only. 
Greek : 
1. By Professor Cooke, printed with his edition 
of Aristotle’s Poetics, Cantab.1775. It begins :— 
“NDE wéAct, 008 by aypws Tupa KaleTat, ov.’ ava Komas.” 
2. By Dr. Norbury. 4to. Eton, 1793:— 
“Arye Kadwv Paps HeAtov KaraddyTa.” 
3. By Dr. Sparke, Bishop of Ely. 4to, Lond. 
1794:— 
“ Kawdwy juaros oixouevoro Bapixtumos 7xEt.” 
4. By Dr. Coote. 4to. Lond. 1794:— 
“K@dwv OATa, pdous Téxuwp amidyTos, emnxel.” 
5. By Stephen Weston. 4to. London, 1794: — 
“*Huaros oixouéevoio Bok xaAKds Bapunxns.” 
6. By Edward Tew. 4to. Lond. 1795 : — 
“THN AXE Kbdwv véoy Huaros avomeévoto.” 
There is also a Greek version of the epitaph 
only, by J.Plumptre, printed with his Greek 
version of Pope’s Messiah. 4to. 1795. In a bio- 
raphical notice of Dr. Sparke, it is stated that 
e was among the thirteen candidates when the 
competition took place for the best translation of 
Gray’s Elegy into Greek. Query, what was this 
competition, and were any of the other versions 
published ? 
Latin: 
1. By Lloyd. Query, when and where origi- 
nally published? My copy, which is among 
some collections of the late Mr. Haslewood, ap- 
ears to have been cut out of a Dublin edition. 
t begins : — 
“ Audistin ! quam lenta sonans campana per agros.” 
2. By Signor Gio. Costa. In Eblana. 
1776: — 
“« Es triste ingeminat cedentis signa diel.” 
_ 3. By Gilbert Wakefield, in his “ Poemata par- 
tim seripta, partim reddita.” Cambridge, 1776 : — 
“ Vesper adest, lugubre sonat Campanula; tardis.” 
12mo. 
ng ee] 
ESS SEES pr EE SE RG 
4. By C.A.et W.H.R. [C. Anstey and W.H. 
Roberts.] 4to. London, 1778 : — 
“ Ingeminat signum occidue Campana dici.” 
5. The last-mentioned version originally ap- 
peared anonymously in a somewhat different form 
(4to. Cantab. 1762), the first line being : — 
“ Audin’ ut occiduz signum Campana diei.” 
6. An anonymous version, “by a member of 
the University of Cambridge,” printed with the 
French translation of M.Guedon de Berchere, 
mentioned below. I have no copy, and do not 
know the opening line. 
7. By S.N.E. 4to. London, 1824. Query, the 
name of the author. It may perhaps appear on 
the title-page, which is wanting in my copy : — 
“ Triste sonans, lenté tinnit campana per agros.” 
8. By the Rev. J. H. Macauley, in the “ Arun- 
dines Cami :” — 
«* Funebris insonuit moriture nznia lucis.” 
Italian : 
1. By Cesarotti. 8vo. In Padova, 1772: — 
“« Parte languido il giorno: odine il segno.” 
2. By Crocchi. Query, when and where origi- 
nally published? My copy is from the same source 
as the Latin version by Lloyd : — 
«Il Bronzo vespertin con flebil rombo.” 
3. By Gennari, printed on the same pages with 
the Latin version by Costa : — 
“ Nunzio del di che parte intorno suona.” 
4. By Giannini. 2nd ed. 4to. London, 1782 : — 
“ Piange la squilla ’] giorno, che si muore.” 
5. By Torelli. 8vo. Cambridge, 1782 : — 
“ Segna la squilla il di che gia vien manco.” 
The Latin version by Costa, and the Italian by 
Cesarotti and Torelli, were reprinted by Bodoni 
in 1793, in 4to., as a supplement to his edition of 
Gray. 
French : 
1. By Mons. P. Guedon de Berchere. Ihave no 
copy, and do not know the opening line. Perhaps 
you will oblige me by inserting it in your list of 
books wanted to purchase. It is entitled “ Elégie 
composée dans un Cimetiére de Campagne.” 8yo. 
Hookham, &c. 1778. 
2. By L.D. 8vo. Chatham, 1806. Query, what 
name is represented by these initials ?— 
“ Le Rappel a marqué le jour en son déclin.” 
3. Prose version. Anonymous. 8vo. A Paris. 
An vi. :— 
“ La Cloche du couvre feu tinte le clas du jour qui 
expire.” 
German: 
A translation appeared in the Kaleidoscope, a 
