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Page 9. in the margin at letter e, speaking.
14. likewise in the margin at letter k, form, or species.
26. verse 7. THE THESIS.
57. verse 6. calm. original: γαληνῶν
60. verse 27 and 28. famous, earth. original: διαβόητον, χθόα And in the same verse, they happen; and more. original: τυγχάνωσι· κᾲ πλ. And verse 31. extraordinary. original: ὑπερφύας
66. line 13. Aulus Gellius, book 6, chapter 1. Vossius uses the abbreviation Agell. for the Roman author Aulus Gellius, known for his Attic Nights.
67. line 12. by nature, and the hyacinth. original: φύσει, ἐθ᾽ ὑάκινθος
69. line 33. speech.
72. line 32. of Agathias. Agathias was a 6th century Greek poet and historian.
79. line 5. Tamerlane. original: Timur Lench. This refers to the Turco-Mongol conqueror.
87. line 18. suitable for us. original: ἐπιτήδειον ἡμῖν
88. line 16. sublime.
123. line 29. to her. original: τῇ ἐς αὐτὼ and verse 31. Platoplos. original: Πλωτόπλω. Likely a Greek proper name or poetic term.
153. line 28. just as. original: ὥσπερ
154. line 11. letters 12 and 19.
163. line 29. written law, and will.
180. line 9. nineteen.
378. line 2. another.
399. line 12. treating.
406. line 3. eloquent. For this is how it was in the original manuscript: and discrete in that sense is not even Latin. Vossius clarifies a mistake where the typesetter misread "diserto" (eloquent) as "discreto" (separate or discrete).
423. line 33. Novius. Referring to the Roman playwright of Atellan farces.
Page 23. in the margin at letter d, book 2.
26. verse 19. you will have expressed. And verse 33. he will supply.
145. verse 33. after And, delete deservedly. And in verse 35, add: And the same pleased for a long time. But I am forced to believe that Catullus died as a young man by this elegiac verse of Ovid on the death of Tibullus:
You will come to meet him, your youthful brow encircled with ivy,
together with your friend Calvus, O learned Tibullus.
Vossius quotes Ovid’s Amores 3.9.61 to prove that the poet Catullus died young, as he is imagined meeting Tibullus in the underworld with his youthful hair bound in ivy.
202. line 26. also.
238. line 10. mocking, jeering.
241. line 24. bombalobombax. An onomatopoeic Greek word used to mock boasting or loud, empty sounds.
242. line 30. I burn.
295. line 1. joy. original: χαρμός
304. line 1. 11. On the Republic. original: XI. DE POL. This likely refers to a citation from Aristotle's Politics.
331. line 31. Aichei original: Αἴχει should have been indented further, since it is a pentameter line.
390. line 2. instead of another. original: ἀνθ' ἑτέρᾳ
442. line 32. uncompounded. original: ἀσύνθετα. Referring to simple, non-compound words in rhetorical study.
472. line 29. perfect.
475. line 14. of the sun.
476. line 10. after ox, add into evils. Likely referring to a proverb or specific idiom.
477. line 28. in number.
479. line 10. to be suitable.
481. line 11. after was waiting, add: We cite the words of the poet in section 3.
484. line 35. Certainly.
Any other errors the kind reader will notice for themselves and forgive.