16. audacter profari: the infinitive depends on iuberis. 18. quantumvis arduum, 'however hard.'

31. Deinceps etiam procumbat, &c.: the subjs. are jussive, 'let him lie down,' &c. The idea of command is carried on from the preceding iubet.

Page 76, 1. 8. id genus herbis: acc., but in such phrases practically indeclinable and equivalent to an adjective.

25. dant digitis gemmas, &c.: a quotation from Ovid, Metamorphoses xi. 'They place gems upon his fingers, long necklaces upon (about) his neck.'

Page 77, 1. 3. iam simul expletus dapibus, &c. quotation from Vergil, Aeneid iii. 630.

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9. prout in mandatis habuisse meminit: supply eam praesentem quod, ' as he remembers that he had her (actually) present while (giving) her commands.'

13. Fuimus Troes': a phrase from Vergil, 'We men of Troy have been,' i. e. have had our day.

16. sua solius culpa, 'by the fault of himself alone.' sua takes the place of sui (gen. of se), hence gen. solius.

24. suorum omnium curam abiicere: the whole phrase is equivalent to a noun (in acc. case).

29. verbo dicam: lit. 'I shall say (it) in a word,' i. e. in brief.

Page 78, 1. 18. caveoque testamento istuc, &c., 'I make a provision in my will that my heirs should see me (i. e. see that I am) taken there.'

21. imitandam proposuerint, 'set it before them to be imitated.'

23. incensationes per circuitum: incensatio, -onis, f., is not a classical word. The meaning must be 'burning of incense round about the body.'

26. ex lege loci, 'in accordance with the law of the place: incumbit, 'it rests upon,' here 'is their duty.'

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1. 32. lapides audire, &c., 'stone statues are known to

hear, weep,' &c.

Page 79, 1. 8. modo paci ac ipsorum saluti probe consultum velint, if only they wish to take proper precautions for

the maintenance of peace and their own safety.' consultum, idiomatic use of past part. pass. with volo; cf. vellem', 'I would it were undone.'

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9. haereticos, 'heretics' (from Greek hairesis, lit. a choice, then a 'sect').

10. huc relegent: subj. depends on ut, supplied after liceat

monere.

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Page 81, 1. 8. ut nulla mihi in orbe toto ditior: supply gens with nulla; the verb, common to this clause and the next, is visa sit.

II. rariusculum: compar. neut. of rarus, with diminutive adj. ending -culus; 'somewhat rare or unique.'

Page 82, 1. 5. quod . . . iudicarim. An idiomatic use of perf. subj. It would represent the polite English 'I should be inclined to think', 'I should imagine'. Compare the frequent use of the perfect ausim, ‘I should venture.' factum (esse), ' was result of.'

16. Contribulibus suis parcit, 'honour among thieves.' 21. nihil fere a nostris discrepant,' they differ almost in nothing (no respect) from our own (peoples).'

Page 83, 1. 3. leto dedunt,' give over,' i. e. put to death.

7. iuramento, 'by oath'; generally iure iurando.

9. non vacuum, 'with any money.' insalutatum, ə euphemism.

II. ex quo lata... lex est, 'ever since' (supply tempore in sense after quo).

16. ex initi cum Laverniis foederis tenore, 'in accordance with (cf. e sententia) the terms of the treaty entered into with the Lavernians.'

18. hoc uno nomine suspendio, &c., 'most of them (i. e. the Moronians) perish at the mere utterance of the word hanging, because they seem by the mention of it (hoc signo) to reproach them (the Lavernians) with this form of punishment.

23. quod commode quidem cedit orbi universo: which goes well, i. e. 'is a lucky thing' for the rest of the world.

28. quod olim Caesar: Gallic War, Bk. VI.

Page 84, l. 1. flagrante delicto: a proverbial expression, lit. 'the deed being still hot', i. e. in the very act.

5. operam...navatam strenue, non aeque successisse, 'that they have at least done their best, though they have not been equally fortunate.'

11. de qua ... pluribus: supply verbis dicam.

18. The Syrtes were properly two gulfs on the N. coast of Africa, called Maior and Minor, the former being full of dangerous sands.

Page 85, 1. 2. acceptum referre: a commercial phrase, 'to mark down as received,' i. e. to place to the account of, ' owe to.'

12. bracchiorum remigia, 'the oarage (remigia poetical plur.) of their arms.'

13. daedale: adv. from adj. daedalus, itself from Daedalus, a mythical personage, famed for his skill as a craftsman. The story of his making wings for himself and his son Icarus is well known.

28. Iubilaeum: Iubilaeus annus, the year of Jubilee (among the Jews, properly the word is of Hebrew origin). Page 86, 1. 7. foedus . . . ferire: to strike or make a treaty.

22. gymnasiolum : diminutive of gymnasium (which see). Page 87, 1. 15. lites serunt, 'sow' dissension, make disputes if there are none there already.

23. male parta dissipet: there was a Roman proverb 'male partu male dilabuntur' ('ill-gotten gains').

26. inservire se dominis, &c., 'that they serve masters who are ready to take up either side equally.'

29. Argyranchen (a Greek acc.), the 'silver quinsy' (the word is formed after Kunanche=quinsy) which Demosthenes the orator was said to have when he abstained from speaking on the plea of quinsy, but really (as was said) because he had been bribed.

Page 88, 1. 20. subdit: the subject must be Mercurii Historia. The verb would naturally mean to bring in surreptitiously, an appropriate meaning in the context.

25. quod feceris depends on strenue peierare (for periurare).

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28. male fidi male is practically a negative, 'unreliable,' 'dishonest.'

29. suis dormientium pulvillis, 'their pillows as they sleep.' suis is equal to 'of themselves', and this determines the gen. dormientium,

Page 89, 1. 3. inter eundum, 'as they go'(lit. in the midst of going. eundum is the gerund).

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

N.B.-The majority of the names in this list were coined by Hall for
the purposes of his Satire; those which do not fall under this category are
printed in italics. u of Greek becomès in Latin (and Eng:) y, ai becomes
ae, and oi becomes oe.