Scipio Gentili's Partial Latin Translation of Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata (1584) / Sir Richard Carew's Partial English Translation of Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata (1595): Gentili translated Cantos I-II and IV, and Carew's rendition of the first five cantos was the first translation of the poem into English.The Excellency of the English Tongue: In HTML, at Representative Poetry Online. Everything is centered.The Svrvey of Cornwall; and, An Epistle Concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue: Includes biographical introduction by H.C. In plain text, or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg.