There were two, the original, and an abridgement.

The latter (as these academical compositions are generally of a certain length) was that which was sent down to Cambridge, and honoured with the prize.

I was determined however, upon consulting with my friends, to translate from the former.

This has been faithfully done with but few[003] additions.

The reader will probably perceive the Latin idiom in several passages of the work, though I have endeavoured, as far as I have been able, to avoid it.