[175] Bibliothèque Mazarine.
[176] Gilles de Gourmont was in fact the first printer in Paris who had Greek type. See my Les Estienne, pp. 62, 67.
[177] I have arranged these verses in lines, although in the book the lines are indicated simply by capital letters; and I warn the reader that several words were changed by Tory in order to adapt the verses to his subject. [The changes are in fact considerable, especially in the third passage, which is made up of parts of five lines, with several changes, one of which results in an entire reversal of the meaning. The English versions of these passages are adapted from Long's translation of the Æneid. For the Latin original, see Appendix [X], g.]
[178] Proper. ii, ad Mæcenatem. [The translations from Propertius are those of Cranstoun.]
[179] Doubtless we should read 'iv no.' for there was no sixth of the nones of December. The fourth of the nones fell on Dec. 2. But perhaps we should read 'vj id.'; the sixth of the ides of December fell on Dec. 8.
[180] [For the Latin original, see Appendix [X], b.]
[181] [For the Latin original, see Appendix [X], i.]
[182] Jan. 10, 1508, new style.