The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode

by de Pisan Christine

[219]. Sc. sodden; semer le ble cuit, H.

[220]. Hys, MS.

[221]. He, MS.

[222]. Yno, MS.; la deesse iuno, H.

[223]. A hole in the roof for the escape of smoke, here perhaps used for the hearth; le sueil, H.

[224]. Sic, meaning apparently “warring”; but from the reading in H., “a pou ne se entretuoyent,” it is perhaps a mistake for “near-hand,” sc. nearly, almost.

[225]. Quant la deesse virent tant espouentable, H.

[226]. Sic ira corrumpit cor, si in alium diem duraverit, S. Aug. Epist. ccx. (Migne, xxxiii. 958).

[227]. Ephes. iv. 26.

[228]. Aglauros or Agraulos, daughter of Cecrops. Hermes changed her into a stone for barring his access to her sister Herse (Ovid, Met. ii. 737 sq.).