243. specialis, subst., ‘a friend.’
255 f. Cp. Ovid, Ars Amat. ii. 201 f.,
‘Riserit, adride; si flebit, flere memento:
Imponat leges vultibus illa tuis.’
In adapting the couplet to his purpose our author has contrived to make it unintelligible.
265. Fuluus ... talus: referring to the gilded spur of knighthood; gold is ‘metallum fuluum.’
273 f. Cp. Tristia, v. 13. 27 f.
315 f. Cp. Metam. i. 144 f.
323 f. Cp. Ars Amat. i. 761 f.
327 f. Fasti, iv. 717 f. The application belongs to our author.