 He had completed two more books in April 1560 and had begun the tenth, but died in the autumn of that year, leaving his task incomplete.The translation was finished by Thomas Twyne in 1584.Phaer's translation, which was in rhymed fourteen-syllabled lines, was greatly admired by his contemporaries, although not the first attempt at a complete translation (Gawain Douglas had translated all twelve books and Maphaeus Vegius' thirteenth book as well).