410 ([return])
[ In the couch.—Ver. 31. 'Torus' most probably means, in this place a sofa, on which the ladies would recline while reading.]


411 ([return])
[ Amusing books.—Ver. 31. By using the diminutive 'libellus' here, he probably means some light work, such as a bit of court scandal, of a love poem.]


412 ([return])
[ My Divinities.—Ver. 44. See the Second Epistle, 1. 126, and the Note to the passage.]