Other passages are mainly original; as, e.g. ll. 1352-1757 at the end, and 1-264 at the beginning.
[1-3]. These lines somewhat resemble Dante, Purgat. i. 1-3.
'Per correr miglior acqua alza le vele
Omai la navicella del mio ingegno,
Che lascia dietro a sè mar sì crudele;' &c.
[7]. calendes, the introduction to the beginning; see bk. v. l. 1634. Thus the 'kalends of January' precede that month, being the period from Dec. 14 to Dec. 31.
[8]. Cleo; so in most copies; H2. has Clyo; Clio, the muse of history.
[14]. Latin seems, in this case, to mean Italian, which was called Latino volgare.
[21]. 'A blind man cannot judge well of colours;' a proverb.
[22]. Doubtless from Horace's Ars Poetica, 71-3; probably borrowed at second-hand.