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

by de Pisan Christine

[423]. Prov. viii. 13.

[424]. Actæon, changed into a stag by Artemis (Ovid, Met. iii. 155).

[425]. Nymphes, H.

[426]. Ignorence, H., and so the “Dis des Philosophes.”

[427]. Matt. iii. 2.

[428]. See above, p. 74.

[429]. Either Charon is meant, or Acheron, as the eponym of the river of Hades so named.

[430]. Miraculeuse ne merueillable qui est appelle tempter Dieu, H.

[431]. Jas. iv. 3.

[432]. Sc. assay, test; Lessay con fist a Achilles, H.