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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

COUNTESS DOWAGER SPENCER,

THE FOLLOWING

TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY,

A POEM THAT EXHIBITS

IN THE CHARACTER OF ITS HEROINE

AN EXAMPLE

OF ALL DOMESTIC VIRTUE,

IS WITH EQUAL PROPRIETY AND RESPECT

INSCRIBED

BY HER LADYSHIP's
MOST DEVOTED SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.