[340] Croceæ. Because parchment is always yellow on the side where the hair grew. Others think the parchment itself was dyed yellow. Cf. Pers., iii., 10.
[341] Veneris marito, a burlesque phrase for "the fire."
[342] Tinea. Cf. Hor., Ep., I., xx., 12, "Tineas pasces taciturnus inertes."
[343] Cellâ. So Ben Jonson:
"I that spend half my nights and half my days
Here in a cell, to get a dark pale face,
To come forth worth the ivy or the bays,
And in this age can hope no other grace."
[344] Junonis avem.
"To praise and only praise the high-wrought strain.
As boys the bird of Juno's glittering train." Gifford.
[345] Facunda et unda.
"Till gray-haired, helpless, humbled genius see
Its fault too late, and curse Terpsichore." Badham.
[346] Comitum voces. Cf. xiii., 32, "Vocalis sportula."