[397] From Cato, De Re Rust. c. 5.

[398] “Segetem ne defrudes.” The former editions mostly read “defruges,” in which case the meaning would be, “don’t exhaust the land.”

[399] This passage of Attius is lost, but Hermann supposes his words to have run thus:—

——serere, cum est

Luna in Ariete, Geminis, Leone, Libra, Aquario.

[400] In c. 8 of this Book.

[401] Georg. i. 208.

[402] Georg. i. 227.

[403] See c. [74] of this Book.

[404] Columella, B. ii. c. 8.