The Manuel of Epictetus: James Sanford's 1567 Translation

“The first English translation of the Enchiridion of Epictetus, by James Sanford (1567), in the original spelling or lightly modernised orthography.” versions:

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The first English translation of the Enchiridion of Epictetus: James Sanford’s The Manuel of Epictetus (1567), rendered “out of Greeke into French, and now into English, conferred with two Latine translations,” with Sanford’s own annotations and the apothegms of Epictetus.

Two reading editions are offered below — use the buttons to switch between them. Sanford’s marginal notes appear as numbered footnotes in both; his “Annotations” follow the chapters they gloss.