816. Ovid, Amores, i. 8. 62, ‘Crede mihi, res est ingeniosa dare.’
839 f. Cp. Aurora, f. 95 vo.
846. Fasti, ii. 226.
875-902. This passage of twenty-six lines is taken with few alterations from the Aurora, f. 76.
876. bella: in the original ‘corda’ (or ‘colla’ MS. Univ. Coll. 143).
883. noctibus: in the original ‘nutibus.’
884. Spirant: so in the original according to MS. Bodley 822, but ‘Spirent’ in MS. Univ. Coll. 143.
886. acuum ferrum: in the original ‘minitans ferrum.’ Apparently our author took ‘acus’ to mean a spear or javelin. The choice of the word in this passage is unfortunate.
887 ff. ‘vincit,’ ‘tenet’ (or ‘teret,’ MS. Univ. Coll. 143), ‘consurgit’ in the original.
891. In the original, ‘Rex hoc consilium grata bibit aure, puellas Preparat,’ &c.