[69] In his excellent work, "Shakspere and Euphuism," _Transactions of the New Shakspere Society_, 1884, Dr. Landmann was the first to break up Lyly's style into its different parts, and point out the true sources where he found not only the elements of his language, but even many of his ideas. The same essay contains very useful information on Gongorism and other kinds of affected styles of the sixteenth century. See also Dr. Landmann's "Der Euphuismus," Giessen, 1881; his edition of part of "Euphues," Heilbronn, 1887; and an article by Mr. S. L. Lee, _Athenaeum_, July 14, 1883. [70] The "Libro aureo" appeared in 1529; it was translated into French in 1531, and went through a great many editions, entitled sometimes "Le Livre dore de Marc-Aurele"; sometimes "L'Horloge des princes." North's translation, which followed the French editions, is entitled, "The Diall of Princes, by Guevara, englyshed out of the Frenche," London, 1557, fol.; it had several editions. It is to the Marcus Aurelius of Guevara that La Fontaine alludes in his "Paysan du Danube"; the story of the peasant was one of the most popular of the "Golden Boke." Guevara's style, with all the supplementary embellishments that Lyly has added, was already to be seen in the collection of short stories by Pettie, 1576 (_supra_, p. 81) of which one of the early editions begins like "Euphues," with an epistle to the "gentlewomen readers." [71] "Le Bestiaire d'Amour," ed. Hippeau, Paris, 1840, 8vo. Richard de Fournival died about 1260. The MS. followed in this edition is dated 1285. [72] "Sa nature si est que quand il trouve un homme, si le devore, et quand il l'a devore, si le pleure tous les jours de sa vie." [73] Fragments of which remain in the "Codex Exoniensis," ed. Thorpe, London, 1842, 8vo. The Panther, p. 355; the Whale, p. 360, &c. [74] "An old English Miscellany, containing a bestiary," ed. R. Morris, London, Early English Text Society, 1872. [75] Recently published by Miss Lucy Toulmin Smith and M. Paul Meyer, Paris, Societe des anciens textes Francais, 1889, 8vo. [76] "The historie of Foure-footed beastes, describing the true and lively figure of every beast," London, 1607, fol. "The historie of Serpents or the second book of living creatures," London, 1608, fol. [77] "Alcida. Greenes metamorphosis," licensed 1588; earliest known edition, 1617. [78] "Foure-footed beastes," _ut supra_, pp. 1, 199, 328, 453. [79] "Historie of serpents," _ut supra_, pp. 111, 140, 236, &c. [80] It should not, however, be thence concluded that Lyly is original in all his moral dissertations; as Dr. Landmann has pointed out (see _supra_, p. 106) he often borrows large passages from Plutarch and Guevara; but what is remarkable is the intense and persistent conviction, and also the success, at least success in so far that it was read, with which this young man of twenty-five, who was of the world and not of the church, preaches good morals to all classes of society.