Castis nectit amoribus: Hic fidis etiam sua
Dictat iura sodalibus. O felix hominum genus,
Si uestros animos amor, Quo caelum regitur, regat!'
BOOK III.
Prose 1. [3]. streighte, pp., i.e. stretched; 'adrectis ... auribus.' The form streight-e is plural.
[6]. so, i.e. so much. Better 'how much'; Lat. quantum.
[8]. unparigal, unequal; 'imparem.'
[11]. nat only that, it is not only the case that. It would be clearer if that were omitted.
[12]. agrisen, filled with dread; pp., with short i, of agrysen. Cf. agryseth, Bk. i. Met. 6, l. 7.
[15]. ravisshedest, didst greedily receive; 'rapiebas.'