ANECDOTA OXONIENSIA

THE EARLIEST TRANSLATION
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

INTO THE BASQUE LANGUAGE

(A FRAGMENT)

BY

PIERRE D'URTE OF ST. JEAN DE LUZ, circ. 1700

EDITED, FROM A MS. IN THE LIBRARY OF SHIRBURN CASTLE, OXFORDSHIRE

BY LLEWELYN THOMAS, M.A.

FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD.

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1894

London

HENRY FROWDE

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE

AMEN CORNER, E.C.

New York

MACMILLAN & CO., 66 FIFTH AVENUE

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

OF HIS COURTESY IN GRANTING ACCESS

TO THE D'URTE MSS.

AND AFFORDING FACILITIES

FOR THEIR PUBLICATION