[163] Sonnet 56.

[164] Ep. i. (Migne 119, col. 433).

[165] John approved of reading the auctores, for educational purposes, and not confining the pupil to the artes. See Metalogicus, i. 23, 24 (Migne, Pat. Lat. 199, col. 453). On John, cf. post, Chapter XXXI. and XXXVI., III.

[166] Polycraticus, Prologus (Migne, Pat. Lat. 199, col. 385).

[167] Post, Chapter XXXVI., III.

[168] I draw upon the extracts given in the thesis of M. Demimuid, De Bernardo Carnotensi grammatico professore et interprete Virgilii (Paris, 1873), who, as appears by his title, confuses the two Bernards.

[169] The author of a bastard epitome on the Trojan War, see post, Chapter XXXII., IV.

[170] The above, in substance, is taken from Macrobius.

[171] Post, Chapter XXXVII.

[172] Ante, Chapter XXIX., II., and post, Chapter XXXVI., III.