“The hardy warriors whom Bœotia bred,
Penelius, Leïtus, Prothoënor led:
With these Arcesilaus and Clonius stand
Equal in arms and equal in command.”
By these comparisons we see that, in the printed poem, Clonius has lost his boldness and Peneleus has changed the spelling of his name.
Again in the original MS. we find:
“When first I led my troops to Phaea’s wall
And heard fair Jardan’s silver waters fall.”
But in Pope’s printed poem it reads:
“When fierce in war, where Jardan’s waters fall,