Excerpt from The Messiah, Vol. 1 of 2: A Poem IN offering these volumes to the Public, it is deemed necessary to observe that while much attention has been given to render this version of the Messiah as close and faithful a transcript of the original as the spirit and idiom of two different languages will permit, and that care has been taken to abstain from encumbering the text with any additions, the Translator has not scru pled to make such abridgments as have appeared indispen sably requisite, in order to make a poem of' such length acceptable to the taste and habits of the English reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.