Editing John Ogilby (section)

===Writer and publisher, marriage (1647−1660)===
Ogilby returned to England in January 1647, being shipwrecked on his homeward journey.<ref name="EB1911">{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Ogilby, John|volume=20}}(1646/7)</ref>{{sfnp|Ereira|2016|p=119}} The manuscript of his Virgil translation, which he had carefully placed in waterproof wrapping,{{sfnp|Ereira|2016|p=121}} survived the incident and was published in October 1648 with the sponsorship of Royalist gentlefolk and nobility.{{sfnp|Ereira|2016|pp=126, 167}} 

In 1650, Ogilby married rich heiress Christian<!--"Christian" is correct (her parents were Puritans). "Christina" and "Catherine" are erroneous. See Van Eerde, p28. --> Hunsdon,{{sfnp|Van Eerde|1976|page=27}} a widow in her sixties and about 17 years Ogilby's senior.{{sfnp|Ereira|2016|p=141}} The following year, he published the first edition of his work ''{{As written|The fables of Aesop paraphras'd in verse, and adorn'd with sculpture{{efn|perspective illustrations}} and illustrated with annotations}}'', which was illustrated by [[Francis Cleyn]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/376343 |doi=10.1086/376343 |title=From the Collection: Stylistic Influences and Design Sources: An Examination of Winterthur's ''Fox and the Crane'' Fireback |year=2002 |last1=Lindner |first1=Jennifer N. |journal=Winterthur Portfolio |volume=37 |page=74|s2cid=142101773 |quote=A particularly elegant yet unusual example may be seen in an engraving by Francis Cleyn in John Ogilby's ''Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse and Adorned with Sculpture'' (fig. 9).}}</ref><ref name="Dundas">{{cite journal | first=Judith |last=Dundas |title=The Masks of Cupid and Death |journal=Comparative Drama |volume= 29 |number=1, Spring |year=1995 |pages=48{{subst:endash}}49 |doi=10.1353/cdr.1995.0038 |jstor=41153732 |s2cid=190303904 |quote=The illustration that accompanies the first edition of the Fables, by Francis Cleyn, shows a youth who prays with clasped hands to Cupid in the sky (fig. 3). |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41153732}}</ref> Ogilby's version of the text was very successful, running to five editions in the following 15 years.{{sfnp|Ereira|2016|p=143}} 

During the next few years, Ogilby learnt [[Greek language|Greek]] with the intention of creating and publishing a new translation of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]''; he planned it to be a magnificent undertaking with an estimated production cost of £5,000.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The subscription enterprises of John Ogilby and Richard Blome |first=Sarah |last=Clapp |journal=Modern Philology |volume=30 |number=4 |date=May 1933 |pages=365{{subst:endash}}379|doi=10.1086/388058 |s2cid=161593172 }}</ref>{{efn|The modern equivalent of £5,000 in 1660 is about £{{inflation|UK|5000|1660|r=-5|fmt=c}}.}} The venture required sponsorship to pay for the [[engraving|engraved illustrations]], each of which would cost about £10,{{efn|The modern equivalent of £10 in 1660 is about £{{inflation|UK|10|1660|r=-3|fmt=c}}.}} but he secured only 47 sponsors. When the work published in March 1660, it had 600 pages but was substantially less illustrated than Ogilby had planned.{{sfnp|Ereira|2016|p=184}} With his known Royalist sympathies,{{sfnp|Van Eerde|1976|page=43}} Ogilby was a risk to potential patrons who needed to avoid offending the Puritan [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth government]].{{sfnp|Ereira|2016|p=183}}