The Golden Ass of Apuleius

by Lucius Apuleius

For other English-language translations of this work, see Metamorphoses (Apuleius).

THE TUDOR

TRANSLATIONS

EDITED BY

W. E. HENLEY

IV

THE GOLDEN ASS OF

APULEIUS

TRANSLATED OUT OF LATIN BY

WILLIAM ADLINGTON

ANNO 1566

With an Introduction by

CHARLES WHIBLEY

LONDON
Published by DAVID NUTT
IN THE STRAND
1893

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty

TO

STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ

THIS METAMORPHOSIS OF

AN ANTIENT DECADENT

NOTE

This text is reprinted verbatim
and literatim from the edition
of 1639

THE XI. BOOKES OF

THE GOLDEN ASSE

CONTAINING

THE METAMORPHOSIE OF

LUCIUS APULEIUS

INTERLACED WITH SUNDRY PLEASANT AND

DELECTABLE TALES: WITH AN EXCELLENT

NARRATION OF THE MARRIAGE OF

CUPID AND PSYCHES

SET OUT IN THE FOURTH, FIFTH, AND

THE SIXTH BOOKES

TRANSLATED

OUT OF LATINE INTO ENGLISH, BY

WILLIAM ADLINGTON

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Introduction
• Dedication
• To the Reader
• Life of Lucius Apuleius
• Preface
• The First Booke
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
• The Second Booke
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
• The Third Booke
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
• The Fourth Booke
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
• The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
  • Chapter 22
• The Sixth Booke
  • Chapter 23
• The Seventh Booke
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Chapter 27
  • Chapter 28
  • Chapter 29
  • Chapter 30
  • Chapter 31
• The Eighth Booke
  • Chapter 32
  • Chapter 33
  • Chapter 34
  • Chapter 35
  • Chapter 36
• The Ninth Booke
  • Chapter 37
  • Chapter 38
  • Chapter 39
  • Chapter 40
  • Chapter 41
  • Chapter 42
  • Chapter 43
• The Tenth Booke
  • Chapter 44
  • Chapter 45
  • Chapter 46
• The Eleventh Booke
  • Chapter 47
  • Chapter 48

EDINBURGH

T. & A. CONSTABLE

Printers to Her Majesty

1893