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[Footnote 64: _Is conspicuous aloft._--Ver. 697. ‘Deus eminet
alte.’ This is rendered by Clarke, ‘The God rears up to a good
height.’]

[Footnote 65: _Scylacean._--Ver. 702. Scylace was a town on the
Calabrian coast; it was said to have been founded by an Athenian
colony.]

[Footnote 66: _Amphissian._--Ver. 703. Amphissia was the name of a
city of Locris; but that cannot be the place here alluded to on
the coast of Italy. It is most probably a corrupt reading.]

[Footnote 67: _Caulon._--Ver. 705. Caulon was a colony of the
Achæa on the coast of Calabria. Narycia, or Naritium, or Naricia,
was also a town on the Calabrian coast. The localities of Ceraunia
and Romechium are not known.]

[Footnote 68: _Leucosia._--Ver. 708. Leucosia was a little island
off the town of Pæstum, which was in Lucania; it was famous for
its mild climate, and the beauty of its roses, which are
celebrated by Virgil.]

[Footnote 69: _Capreæ._--Ver. 709. Capreæ was an island near the
coast of Naples.]

[Footnote 70: _Surrentine._--Ver. 710. Surrentum was a city of
Campania, famed for its wines.]

[Footnote 71: _City of Hercules._--Ver. 711. This was Herculaneum,
at the foot of Vesuvius; the place which shared so disastrous a
fate from the eruption of that mountain.]

[Footnote 72: _Stabiæ._--Ver. 711. This was a town of Campania,
which was destroyed by Sylla in the Social war. It was afterwards
rebuilt.]

[Footnote 73: _The warm springs._--Ver. 711. He alludes to the
city of Baiæ, famed for its warm springs and baths.]

[Footnote 74: _Linternum._--Ver. 714. This place was in Campania.
It was famous as the place of retirement of the elder Scipio; he
was buried there.]

[Footnote 75: _Vulturnus._--Ver. 715. This was a river of
Campania, which flowed past the city of Capua.]

[Footnote 76: _Snow-white snakes._--Ver. 715. Sinuessa was a town
of Campania; Heinsius very properly suggests ‘columbis,’ ‘doves;’
for ‘colubris,’ ‘snakes.’ We are told by Pliny the Elder, that
Campania was famed for its doves.]

[Footnote 77: _Minturnæ._--Ver. 716. This was a town of Latium;
the marshes in its neighbourhood produced pestilential
exhalations.]

[Footnote 78: _She for whom._--Ver. 716. This was Caieta, who,
being buried there by her foster-child Æneas, gave her name to the
spot.]

[Footnote 79: _Abode of Antiphates._--Ver. 717. Formiæ.]

[Footnote 80: _Trachas._--Ver. 717. This place was also called
‘Anxur.’ Its present name is Terracina. Livy mentions it as lying
in the marshes.]

[Footnote 81: _Antium._--Ver. 718. This was the capital of the
ancient Volscians.]

[Footnote 82: _Castrum._--Ver. 727. This was ‘Castrum Inui,’ or
‘the tents of Pan;’ an old town of the Rutulians.]

EXPLANATION.

The story here narrated by Ovid is derived from the Roman history,
to which we will shortly refer for an explanation.

Under the consulate of Quintus Fabius Gurges, and Decimus Junius
Brutus Scæva, Rome was ravaged by a frightful pestilence. The
resources of physic having been exhausted, the Sibylline books were
consulted to ascertain by what expedient the calamity might be put
an end to, and they found that the plague would not cease till they
had brought Æsculapius from Epidaurus to Rome. Being then engaged in
war, they postponed their application to the Epidaurians for a year,
at the end of which time they despatched an embassy to Epidaurus;
on which a serpent was delivered to them, which the priests of the
Deity assured them was the God himself. Taking it on board their
ship, the delegates set sail. When near Antium, they were obliged to
put in there by stress of weather, and the serpent, escaping from
the ship, remained three days on shore; after which it came on board
of its own accord, and they continued their voyage. On arriving at
the Island of the Tiber the serpent escaped, and concealed itself
amid the reeds; and as they, in their credulity, fancied that the
God had chosen the place for his habitation, they built a temple
there in his honour. From this period, which was about the year of
Rome 462, the worship of Æsculapius was introduced in the city, and
to him recourse was had in cases of disease, and especially in times
of pestilence.

FABLE VIII. [XV.745-879]

Julius Cæsar is assassinated in the Senate-house, and by the
intercession of Venus, his ancestor, he is changed into a star. The
Poet concludes his work with a compliment to Augustus, and a promise
of immortality to himself.

And still, he came a stranger to our temples; Cæsar is a Deity in his own city; whom, {alike} distinguished both in war and peace, wars ending with triumphs, his government at home, and the rapid glory of his exploits, did not more {tend to} change into a new planet, and a star with brilliant train, than did his own progeny. For of {all} the acts of Cæsar, there is not one more ennobling than that he was the father of this {our Cæsar}. Was it, forsooth, a greater thing to have conquered the Britons surrounded by the ocean, and to have steered his victorious ships along the seven-mouthed streams of the Nile that bears the papyrus, and to have added to the people of Quirinus the rebellious Numidians[83] and the Cinyphian Juba, and Pontus[84] proud of the fame of Mithridates, and to have deserved many a triumph, {and} to have enjoyed some, than it was to have been the father of a personage so great, under whose tutelage over the world, you, ye Gods above, have shewn excessive care for the human race? That he {then} might not be sprung from mortal seed, {’twas fit that Julius} should be made a Divinity. When the resplendent mother of Æneas was sensible of this; and {when} she saw that a sad death was in preparation for the Pontiff, and that the arms of the conspirators were brandished; she turned pale, and said to each of the Deities, as she met them:--

“Behold, on how vast a scale treason is plotted against me, and with how great perfidy that life is sought, which alone remains for me from the Dardanian Iülus. Shall I alone be everlastingly harassed by justified anxieties? I, whom one while the Calydonian lance of the son of Tydeus is wounding, {and} at another time the walls of Troy, defended in vain, are grieving? I, who have seen my son driven about in protracted wanderings, tossed on the ocean, entering the abodes of the departed, and waging war with Turnus; or, if we confess the truth, with Juno rather? {But}, why am I now calling to mind the ancient misfortunes of my own offspring? Present apprehensions do not allow me to remember things of former days. Against me, you behold how the impious swords are {now} being whetted. Avert them, I entreat; hinder this crime, and do not, by the murder of the priest, extinguish the flames of Vesta.”

Such expressions as these did Venus, full of anxiety, vainly let fall throughout the heavens, and she moved the Gods above. Although they were not able to frustrate the iron decrees of the aged sisters, yet they afforded no unerring tokens of approaching woe. They say, that arms resounding amid the black clouds, and dreadful {blasts of} the trumpet, and clarions heard through the heavens, forewarned men of the crime. The sad face too of the sun gave a livid light to the alarmed earth. Often did torches seem to be burning in the midst of the stars; often did drops of blood fall in the showers. The azure-coloured Lucifer had his light tinted with a dark iron colour; the chariot of the moon was besprinkled with blood. The Stygian owl gave omens of ill in a thousand places; in a thousand places did the ivory statues shed tears; dirges, too, are said to have been heard, and threatening expressions in the sacred groves. No victim gave an omen of good; the entrails, too, showed that great tumults were imminent; and the extremity {of the liver} was found cut off among the entrails. They say, too, that in the Forum, and around the houses and the temples of the Gods, the dogs were howling by night; and that the ghosts of the departed were walking, and that the City was shaken by earthquakes. But still the warnings of the Gods could not avert treachery and the approach of Fate, and drawn swords were carried into a temple; and no other place in the {whole} City than the Senate-house pleased them for this crime and this atrocious murder.

But then did Cytherea beat her breast with both her hands, and attempt to hide the descendant of Æneas in a cloud, in which, long since, Paris was conveyed from the hostile son of Atreus,[85] and Æneas had escaped from the sword of Diomedes. In such words as these {did} her father {Jove address her}: “Dost thou, my daughter, unaided, attempt to change the insuperable {decrees} of Fate? Thou, thyself, mayst enter the abode of the three sisters, {and} there thou wilt behold the register of {future} events, {wrought} with vast labour, of brass and of solid iron; these, safe and destined for eternity, fear neither the {thundering} shock of the heavens, nor the rage of the lightnings, nor any {source of} destruction. There wilt thou find the destinies of thy descendants engraved in everlasting adamant. I myself have read them, and I have marked them in my mind; I will repeat them, that thou mayst not still be ignorant of the future. He (on whose account, Cytherea, thou art {thus} anxious), has completed his time, those years being ended which he owed to the earth. Thou, with his son, who, as the heir to his glory, will bear the burden of government devolving {on him}, wilt cause him, as a Deity, to reach the heavens, and to be worshipped in temples; and he, as a most valiant avenger of his murdered parent, will have us to aid him in his battles. The conquered walls of Mutina,[86] besieged under his auspices, shall sue for peace; Pharsalia shall be sensible of him, and Philippi,[87] again drenched with Emathian gore; and the name {of one renowned as} Great, shall be subdued in the Sicilian waves; the Egyptian dame too, the wife[88] of the Roman general, shall fall, vainly trusting in that alliance; and in vain shall she threaten, that our own Capitol shall be obedient to her Canopus.[89] Why should I recount to thee the regions of barbarism, {and} nations situate in either ocean? Whatever the habitable world contains, shall be his; the sea, too, shall be subject to him. Peace being granted to the earth, he will turn his attention to civil rights, and, as a most upright legislator, he will enact laws. After his own example, too, will he regulate manners; and, looking forward to the days of future time, and of his coming posterity, he will order the offspring born of his hallowed wife[90] to assume both his own name and his cares. Nor shall he, until as an aged man he shall have equalled {his glories with} like years,[91] arrive at the abodes of heaven and his kindred stars. Meanwhile, change this soul, snatched from the murdered body, into a beam of light, that eternally the Deified Julius may look down from his lofty abode upon our Capitol and Forum.”

Hardly had he uttered these words, when the genial Venus, perceived by none, stood in the very midst of the Senate-house, and snatched the soul, just liberated {from the body}, away from the limbs of her own Cæsar, and, not suffering it to dissolve in air, she bore it amid the stars of heaven. And as she bore it, she perceived it assume a {train of} light and become inflamed; and she dropped it from her bosom. Above the moon it takes its flight, and, as a star, it glitters, carrying a flaming train with a lengthened track; and, as he beholds the illustrious deeds of his son, he confesses that they are superior to his own, and rejoices that he is surpassed by him. Although {Augustus} forbids his own actions to be lauded before those of his father, still Fame, in her freedom and subject to no commands, prefers him against his will; and, in {this} one point, she disobeys him. Thus does Atreus yield to the glories of the great Agamemnon; thus does Theseus excel Ægeus, {and} thus Achilles Peleus. In fine, that I may use examples that equal themselves, thus too, is Saturn inferior to Jove. Jupiter rules the abodes of heaven and the realms of the threefold world:[92] the earth is under Augustus: each of them is a father and a ruler. Ye Gods, the companions of Æneas,[93] for whom both the sword and the flames made a way; and you, ye native Deities, and thou, Quirinus, the father of the City, and thou, Gradivus, the son of the invincible Quirinus, and thou, Vesta, held sacred among the Penates of Cæsar; and, with the Vesta of Cæsar, thou, Phœbus, enshrined in thy abode, and thou, Jupiter, who aloft dost possess the Tarpeian heights, and whatever other {Deities} it is lawful and righteous for a Poet to invoke; late, I pray, may be that day, and protracted beyond my life, on which the person of Augustus, leaving that world which he rules, shall approach the heavens: and {when} gone, may he propitiously listen to those who invoke him.

And now I have completed a work, which neither the anger of Jove, nor fire, nor steel, nor consuming time will be able to destroy! Let that day, which has no power but over this body {of mine}, put an end to the term of my uncertain life, when it will. Yet, in my better part, I shall be raised immortal above the lofty stars, and indelible shall be my name. And wherever the Roman power is extended throughout the vanquished earth, I shall be read by the lips of nations, and (if the presages of Poets have aught of truth) throughout all ages shall I survive in fame.

[Footnote 83: _Numidians._--Ver. 754. The Numidians under Syphax,
together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and
Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,
and were conquered by him.]

[Footnote 84: _Pontus._--Ver. 756. Cæsar conquered Pharnaces, the
son of Mithridates, king of Pontus, in one battle. It was on this
occasion, according to Suetonius, that his despatch was in the
words, ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici,’ ‘I came, I saw, I conquered.’]

[Footnote 85: _Son of Atreus._--Ver. 805. This was Menelaüs, from
whom Paris was saved by Venus. See the Iliad, book III.]

[Footnote 86: _Mutina._--Ver. 823. This was a place in Cisalpine
Gaul, where Augustus defeated Antony, and took his camp.]

[Footnote 87: _Philippi._--Ver. 824. Pharsalia was in Thessaly,
and Philippi was in Thrace. He uses a poet’s license, in treating
them as being the same battle-field, as they both formed part of
the former kingdom of Macedonia. Pompey was defeated by Julius
Cæsar at Pharsalia, while Brutus and Cassius were defeated by
Augustus and Antony at Philippi. The fleet of the younger Pompey
was totally destroyed off the Sicilian coast.]

[Footnote 88: _The wife._--Ver. 826. Mark Antony was so
infatuated as to divorce his wife, Octavia, that he might be
enabled to marry Cleopatra.]

[Footnote 89: _Canopus._--Ver. 828. This was a city of Egypt,
situate on the Western mouth of the river Nile.]

[Footnote 90: _His hallowed wife._--Ver. 836. Augustus took Livia
Drusilla, while pregnant, from her husband, Tiberius Nero, and
married her. He adopted her son Tiberius, and constituted him his
successor.]

[Footnote 91: _With like years._--Ver. 838. Julius Cæsar was
slain when he was fifty-six years old. Augustus died in his
seventy-sixth year.]

[Footnote 92: _Threefold world._--Ver. 859. This is explained as
meaning the realms of the heavens, the æther and the air; but it
is difficult to guess exactly what is the Poet’s meaning here.]

[Footnote 93: _Companions of Æneas._--Ver. 861. He probably
refers to the Penates which Æneas brought into Latium. Dionysius
of Halicarnassus says that he had seen them in a temple at Rome,
and that they bore the figures of two youths seated and holding
spears.]

EXPLANATION.

The Poet having fulfilled his promise, and having brought down his
work from the beginning of the world to his own times, concludes it
with the apotheosis of Julius Cæsar. He here takes an opportunity of
complimenting Augustus, as being more worthy of divine honours than
even his predecessor, while he promises him a long and glorious
reign. Augustus, however, had not to wait for death to receive
divine honours, as he enjoyed the glory of seeing himself worshipped
as a Deity and adored at altars erected to him, even in his
lifetime. According to Appian, he was but twenty-eight years of age
when he was ranked among the tutelar Divinities by all the cities of
the empire.

The Romans, who deduced their origin from Æneas, were flattered at
the idea of Venus interesting herself in behalf of her posterity,
and securing the honours of an apotheosis for Julius Cæsar. The
historical circumstances which Ovid here refers to were the
following:--After Julius Cæsar had been murdered in the Senate
house, Augustus ordered public games to be instituted in his honour.
We learn from Suetonius, that during their celebration a new star,
or rather a comet, made its appearance, on which it was promulgated
that the soul of the deified Julius had taken its place among the
stars, and that Venus had procured him that honour. It was then
remembered, that the light of the Sun had been unusually pallid the
whole year following the death of Cæsar; this which is generally
supposed to have been caused by some spots which then appeared on
the disk of the sun, was ascribed to the grief of Apollo. Various
persons were found to assert various prodigies. Some said that it
had rained blood, others that the moon and stars had been obscured;
while others, still more imaginative, asserted that beasts had
uttered words, and that the dead had risen from their graves.

The sorrow of the Gods and of nature at the untimely death of Julius
being thus manifested, Augustus proceeded to found a temple in his
honour, established priests for his service, and erected a statue of
him with a star on its forehead. He was afterwards represented in
the attitude of ascending to the heavens, and wielding a sceptre in
his hand. While flatterers complimented Augustus upon the care which
he had taken to enrol his predecessor among the Deities, there were
some, the poet Manilius being of the number, who considered that
heaven was almost over-peopled by him. Augustus, however, was not
the sole author of the story of the apotheosis of Julius Cæsar. The
people had previously attempted to deify him, though opposed by
Cicero and Dolabella. In the funeral oration which was delivered
over Julius Cæsar by Antony, he spoke of him as a God, and the
populace, moved by his eloquence, and struck at his blood-stained
garments and his body covered with wounds, were filled with
indignation against the conspirators, and were about to take the
corpse to the Capitol, there to be buried; but the priests would not
permit it, and had it brought back to the Forum, where it was burnt.
Dio Cassius says, that the Roman people raised an altar on the spot
where the body had been burnt, and endeavoured to make libations and
to offer sacrifices there, as to a Divinity, but that the Consuls
overthrew the altar. Suetonius says, that a pillar was also erected
to him, of about twenty feet in height, with the inscription,
‘parenti patriæ,’ ‘To the father of his country,’ and that for some
time persons resorted to that spot to offer sacrifices and to make
vows. He adds, that he was made a Divinity by a public decree, but
he does not say at what time.

THE END.

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_Errors and Anomalies noted by transcriber_

Abbreviations in the form “II.XIV Exp.” mean “Book II, Fable XIV, Explanation” (appended to most Fables).

Hyphenization is inconsistent--for example, the forms “sea monster” and “sea-monster” both occur--and is not marked unless one form is clearly anomalous. Errors and omissions in Greek diacritical marks have been silently corrected.

VIII.I
he ordered the halsers of the fleet to be loosened
[_variant spelling of “hawsers”_]
VIII.II
FABLE II. [FABLE VI.]
They immediately sent ambassadors [ambasssadors]
VIII.V
and do not trust thyself [_invisible h_]
IX.II
Fn. 22: _Branching holm oak._ [_body text has “holm-oak”_]
IX.V
(if I could {only} recall what has been destined) [recal]
X.I
for the newmade bride [_elsewhere “new-made” with hyphen_]
Exp.: Orpheus, too, is supposed to have [to]
X.VIII
Fn. 43: Clarke translates it ‘Coysts,’
[_Clarke (1752) has “costys”, but this is hardly less obscure._]
Fn. 48: whether the festival [_invisible e in “the”_]
X.IX
FABLE IX. [FABLE VI.]
XI.III
with the steel {scissars}, [_attested variant spelling_]
XI.VI
Fn. 31: _The Magnetes._ [Magnete]
XII.III, IV
Fn. 38: the two-fold form of the Centaurs
[_elsewhere “twofold” without hyphen_]
XII.V, VI
thou shouldst have a forgetfulness [forgetfuless]
XIII.I
FABLE I. [_error for “FABLES I. AND II.”?_]
who could better succeed the great Achilles [succed]
XIII.III, IV Exp.
Le Clerc considers him [consideres]
XIII.V, VII
Fn. 64: from the Greek word [work]
XIII.VII
the hatred of the Cyclop [Cylop]
XIV.II Exp.
An aged woman presented to Tarquinius Superbus three books
[_text unchanged: error for “nine books”_]
XIV.V
they attended our footsteps [foosteps]
XIV.VI
Fn. 28: so called from the whiteness [ths]
XIV.X Exp.
The story of the heron [_invisible y_]
XIV.XII, XIII
Fn. 59: the apartments on the ground floor [grouud]
XV.II, III
If any thing is noxious,
[_word “If” missing at line-beginning (Latin “siqua nocent”)_]
XV.II, III
and her agreable food [_spelling unchanged_]
Fn. 10: _The goat is led._ [_body text has “was led”_]
Fn. 13:
_The line-endings of this footnote are missing, apparently through
printing error. Reconstructed words are shown in {braces}. The word
given as “then” might be “also” or any word of similar length:_
... was an athlete of such stren{gth}
... with a blow of his fist, and {then}
... and afterwards to devour it. {His}
[_page break in footnote: remainder is clear_]
Fn. 31: ... See Book IV. l. 285 [_invisible l_]
Fn. 49: flourishing in the time of Pythagoras
[_invisible t in “time”_]
XV.IV, V, VI Exp
According to Euripides [Acccording]

_Variant Names_

This is not intended to be a complete list.

Dieresis is unpredictable; forms such as “Alcathöe” and “Pirithöus” are common, and have been silently corrected. Since the ligatures “æ” and “œ” are used consistently, dieresis in “oe” and “ae” can be assumed even when not explicitly indicated.

Treatment of names in Ia- (pronounced as two syllables) is inconsistent. “Iäsion” and “Iänthe” are regularly written with dieresis, while “Iarbas”, “Iapyx”, “Iapygia” are written without.

The forms “Lapithean” and “Lapithæan” both occur.

The “Lilybœus” of Books I-VII is now correctly written “Lilybæus”, but Erysichthon (with y or upsilon) is written “Erisicthon”.

As in Books I-VII, spellings in “-cth-” (Erisicthon, Erectheus) are used consistently in place of “-chth-” (-χθ-). Similarly, Phaëthon is written “Phaëton”.

_Punctuation_

_Invisible periods (full stops) at line-end have been silently supplied. Unless otherwise noted, items in the following list were missing the closing quotation mark, either single or double._

Introduction:
published by Joseph Davidson, [. for ,]
VIII.II Exp.
...the one resembled Minos, and the other Taurus. [invisible .]
VIII.IV
brandished with their broad points. [, for .]
Fn. 33: ... the sons of Aphareus. [invisible .]
VIII.V
“Come,” said he, “famous Cecropian [second , invisible]
VIII.VII
nor has any woman been standing {here}.’ [” for ’]
Fn. 100: Ver. 846. [invisible . in “Ver.”]
----: ‘Tandem, demisso in viscera censu;’ [invisible ;]
----: swallowed down all his estate into his g--ts.’
[_Clarke writes out “guts”_]
X.IV
serves nectar to Jove.”
X.VI
changed into hard rocks.”
X.VIII
or take away from them, the polished quivers.”
X.IX
Fn. 58: ‘... in his boyish face!’
X.X
Fn. 64: ‘... riding in her light chair. [missing ’]
Exp.: during that festival.” / This notion of the mourning
[_open quote at beginning of final paragraph instead of close
quote at end of previous paragraph_]
XI.I
After they, in their rage [superfluous “ at beginning]
XI.VII
Fn. 39: ... ‘The ends or points of the sail-yards, [missing ‘]
Fn. 42: ’tis the dreadful kind of death [invisible ’ in ’tis]
Fn. 51: they lost all recollection [invisible -coll-]
Fn. 54: ... Ver. 663. [, for . in “Ver.”]
XII.I, II
Fn. 16: ‘He overset him ...’ [invisible ‘]
XII.III, IV
Fn. 21: a people of Thessaly, who, [invisible ,]
Fn. 22: Clarke renders these lines, ‘Come, tell us... by any one?’
... the old blade replied.’ [_mismatched quotes as shown_]
Fn. 27: Clarke renders ... ‘goblets of blood.’
[_if this is an error for “gobbets”, it is Clarke’s error_]
XII.V, VI
of the dispute to them all. [superfluous ” at end]
XIII.I
Fn. 40: ... Helenus, the son of Priam. [invisible ,]
XIII.VII
“‘But didst thou {but} know me well [missing inner ‘]
... retained that ancient name.”
Exp.: Elpe, the daughter of the king, carried her off. [, for .]
XIV.II
Exp.: which was in consequence called ‘Byrsa.’ [missing ‘]
XIV.VI
‘And yet thou shalt not escape me,’ she said
he sped more swiftly than usual, [invisible ,]
“‘The setting Sun [missing inner ‘]
XV.II, III
Fn. 9: Clarke translates ‘Non utilis auctor,’
XV.IV, V, VI Exp
‘But,’ as the same author says [missing ‘]
XV.VII
Fn. 76: for ‘colubris,’ ‘snakes.’ [missing ‘ in “‘snakes’”]
XV.VIII
Fn. 84: ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici,’ [invisible ,’]

_Footnote Numbers_

Numbers begin from 1 in each Book. Almost all Books had duplications in the sequence, usually in the form “17*”; some had omissions. In this e-text, footnotes have been renumbered consecutively within each Book, without duplication.

Bk. VIII:
Note 6: tag missing in text
... that thou dost desert me?: extraneous footnote tag 7, no note
Notes 39-79: printed as 38*, 39-78
Notes 80-101: printed as 78*, 79-99
Bk. IX:
Notes 49-80: printed as 48*, 49-79
Bk. X:
Note 47: tag misprinted as 74
Note 50-65: 50 omitted, printed as 51-66
Note 66: 67 omitted, printed as 68
Bk. XI:
Notes 36-63: printed as 35*, 36-62
Note 51: tag (50) missing in text
Bk. XII:
Notes 49-55: 49 omitted, printed as 50-56
Note 56: misprinted as 59 (for 57)
Bk. XIII:
Notes 31-41: 31 omitted, printed as 32-42
Notes 42-51: printed as 42*, 43-51
Notes 52-78: 52 omitted, printed as 53-79
Bk. XIV:
Note 6: tag missing in text
Note 19: footnote and tag misprinted as 17
Notes 20-27: printed as 18-25
Notes 28-32: 26 omitted, printed as 27-31
Notes 33-41: 32 omitted, printed as 33-41
Notes 42-63: 42 omitted, printed as 43-64
Bk. XV:
Notes 9-11: 9 omitted, printed as 10-12
Note 10: tag (11) missing in text
Notes 12-33: 13 omitted, printed as 14-35
Notes 34-63: printed as 35*, 36-64
Notes 64-84: printed as 64*, 65-84
Notes 85-93: 85 omitted, printed as 86-94