Notes and Queries, Number 199, August 20, 1853 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.

( Continued from Vol. viii., p. 144.)
Essay XXIX. Of the true Greatness of Kingdoms.—
Hic tantum Boreæ curamus frigora, quantum
Aut numerum lupus, aut torrentia flumina ripas.
The meaning is, however, doubtless correctly explained by Heyne: Ut numerato pecori parcat. Quia solam considerat lupus prædam, says Servius. The sense of the passage is, that after the shepherd has told his tale, after he has counted his sheep, the wolf does not care how much he deranges the reckoning.
For the advice of Parmenio to attack Darius by night, and the refusal of Alexander to steal the victory, see Arrian, Exp. Alex. iii. 10.; Plut. Alex. 31., Curt. iv. 13.
Essay XXX. Of Regimen of Health.—See Antith. , No. 4. vol. viii. p. 355.
Essay XXXI. Of Suspicion.—See Antith. , No. 45. vol. viii. p. 377.
Essay XXXII. Of Discourse.—
I knew two noblemen of the west part of England, &c.] Query, Who are the noblemen referred to?
Essay XXXIII. Of Plantations.—