Authority Cited: Destruction of Troy [Historyes of Troye, Lefevre, Rauol, fl. 1460, Caxton, tr.]; Caxton
Author name and dates: tr., William Caxton (c.1421-1491)
BKG Bio-tweet: Merchant and diplomat; printed at Bruges, Westminster; trans. from French, & printed Chaucer, Gower; 1st English printing
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Caxton cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 2.]
Author name and dates: tr., William Caxton (c.1421-1491)
BKG Bio-tweet: Merchant and diplomat; printed at Bruges, Westminster; trans. from French, & printed Chaucer, Gower; 1st English printing
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Caxton cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 2.]
- Destruction of Troy [recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, 1473; Lefevre, Rauol, fl. 1460, Caxton, tr.]; Dict., puissance: The chariots were drawn not by the strength of horses, but by the puissance of men. Troye: "they had grete sheldes of tree, maces and pollaxes and guysarmes of strange facions / and they were all on fote. reseruyd Tytan and his sones. whyche as Rynges had theyr Curres and Chares in whyche they were brought and caried not by the force of hors but by the puyssance of men." See Early English Books Online; Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuyell_of_the_Historyes_of_Troye. [BKG Note: the inexact quote is perhaps from memory.]
- Caxton cited in the etymology for pamphlet: "[par un filet, Fr. Whence this word is written anciently, and by Caxton paunflet.]"