Oh then, full surely thy Quintilia's woe,
For the untimely fate that bade ye part,
Will fade before the bliss she feels to know
How very dear she is unto thy heart.'—Martin.
[49] Compare also his humorous notice of the compliment which he heard in the crowd paid to the speech of Calvus against Vatinius—
Dii magni, salaputium disertum.
[50] xii.
[51] xxxviii.
[52] Mr. Munro, in his Elucidations (pp. 209, etc.), shows that the whole point of the poem consists in the contrast drawn between the 'Zmyrna' of Cinna and the 'Annals of Volusius.' Baehrens admits the reading 'Hortensius' into the text, but adds in a note on the word, vox corrupta est.
[53] lxxvi. 1-4.