[137] "Our poet's copy of Ovid had 'Tu penna pulchros gemina variante capillos.'"—Dyce. (The true reading "Tu pennas gemma, gemma, variante capillos.")

[138] Old eds. "kinsmans."

[139] Old eds. "thee."


Elegia III.

Ad amicam.

I ask but right, let her that caught me late,

Either love, or cause that I may never hate;

I crave[140] too much—would she but let me love her;

Jove knows with such-like prayers I daily move her.