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

by de Pisan Christine

[483]. Calchas was not a Trojan, but a son of Thestor of Mycenæ or Megara and the foremost soothsayer on the Greek side. Christine de Pisan or her authority seems to have misunderstood Dares Phrygius, ch. 15.

[484]. Sc. Apollo; Apollin, H.

[485]. Sc. subtle.

[486]. 2 Tim. iii. 2, 4, with omissions.

[487]. Sc. Hermaphroditus (Ovid, Met. iv. 285 sq).

[488]. A Hermofrodicus te mire, H.

[489]. The nymph of the well Salmacis; vne nimphe, H.

[490]. A la fontaine de Salmacis, H.

[491]. Lui prist talent de soy baigner, H.

[492]. Sc. sexes; qui ii. sexes auoit, H.