[10.] May I?)—Ver. 29. “Licet?” meaning: “Do you give me permission to go against the enemy?” The story about the spittle savours of the middle ages.
[11.] When Juno)—Ver. 1. This story is both silly and in very bad taste.
[12.] Remedy for a bad temper)—Ver. 15. This doctrine is stated in far too general terms.
[13.] Genius often wasted.)—Ver. 7. It seems to border upon the absurd to speak of an ass losing the opportunity of cultivating his “ingenium.” He can hardly with propriety be quoted under any circumstances as a specimen of a “mute inglorious Milton.”
[14.] A certain Woman)—Ver. 1. This is the story of the Matron of Ephesus, told in a much more interesting manner by Petronius Arbiter.
[15.] Shan’t enjoy their repose)—Ver. 9. The play upon the word “cessabo,” seems redolent of the wit of the middle ages, and not of the days of Phædrus.
[16.] Savage brotherhood)—Ver. 6. “Societas.” The brotherhood of litter-carriers, perhaps four or six in number.
[17.] If at any time)—Ver. 1. This is not a Fable; it is merely an anecdote in natural history, and one not very unlikely to have been true.
[18.] Be made manifest)—Ver. 1. This moral is couched in the same words as St. Luke, viii. 17: “For nothing is secret which shall not be made manifest.”
[19.] A Shepherd had broken)—Ver. 1. As Adry remarks, this Fable more closely resembles the brevity and elegance of Phædrus.