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

by de Pisan Christine

[373]. Sanuie (sc. s’ennuie) tost, H.

[374]. Prov. xxix. 15, somewhat corrupted in H.

[375]. Sc. mad, furious; du geant enragez, H.

[376]. The story was that Acis, son of Faunus, was beloved by the nymph Galatea, and that the Cyclop Polyphemus, furious with jealousy, crushed him beneath a huge rock (Ovid, Met. xiii. 750).

[377]. Qui Acis estoit nommez, H. The mistranslation in the text is inexplicable.

[378]. Adonc fu [le geant] surpris de soubdaine rage et tellement escroula la roche que tout en fu Axis acrauentez (sc. ecrasé, brisé), H.

[379]. Nymphe, H.

[380]. Se ficha en la mer, H.

[381]. Sap. v. 9.

[382]. Peleus, to whose marriage with Thetis all the gods were invited except Eris or Discord.