LONDON: PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

THE

FIRST CANTO

OF

RICCIARDETTO:

TRANSLATED FROM THE

ITALIAN OF FORTEGUERRI:

WITH

AN INTRODUCTION, CONCERNING THE PRINCIPAL ROMANTIC,

BURLESQUE, AND MOCK-HEROIC POETS;

Neque enim concludere versum Dixeris esse satis : neque si quis scribat uti nos.

Hor.

NEW YORK