[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.