Landeg White: The Lusíads’ Opening Sentence as attempted by six different English translators

The Lusíads’ Opening Sentence as attempted by six different English translators, of varying ability, at different periods, and following contrasting translation fashions.
The translations considered are those of Richard Fanshawe 1655,William Mickle 1776, Richard Burton 1880, J.J. Aubertine 1884, William Atkinson 1952, and Landeg White 1997.  Copies of the texts will be distributed.