In the first, or general, prologue, Douglas claims a higher position for Virgil than for his master Chaucer, and attacks Caxton for his inadequate rendering of a French translation of the Aeneid.
Chaucer translated it into English prose before the year 1382; and this translation was published by Caxton at Westminster, 1480.
We hear some ' One may recall, in this connexion, Caxton's very interesting prologue to Malory's Morte d'Arthur and his remarks on the permanent value of the " histories " of this British hero.
Here he filled the post of editor till his death, and had also the supervision of all works issued from the Caxton Press.