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by the Sanatouris, Octavyan had revengeit liis
(leth, and rang passabilly at the byrth of our
salviour, quiien tlie starn of BethUam apperit.
Than, to pies Octavian, said the Romanys, that
was the sawll of Cesar quhilk was deifyit ; and
tills opynion heir t«ichis Virgill, and als in his
Bucolyqueys.
P. 40. /. 13.— Off the stek and of closyng of
the tempLll of Janus in tym of weyr and of pace,
ye haf in the vij. hiiyk, in the x. c. And this
tempill of Janus was twys closit beforOctauian;
anys be Numa Pompilius, and the secund tym
be Tytus Manlyus ; and thris be Octavyan :
and this tym lieyr markyt was the last tyme,
at the cumyng of Cryst, quhen all the warld
was in pace. In wytnes therof the angellis
sang pace in erd, the tym of bryth ; the ij. c. of
Sanct Luke.
P. 4.0. /. 22. — Off Mercury red in the v. c. of
the iiij. bukc : and that Mercur heir was send
doun from Jupiter is nocht elhs hot the planet
Mercur was at disces, and Jove ascendent;
quhilk signifeit frendschip in hast to cum, bot
not to lest lang.
P. 41. c. VI. — In this cheptir ye haf that
Eneas met his moder Venus in liknes of a vir-
gyn, or a mayd ; by the quliilk ye saO vndir-
stand that Venus is fenyeit to be modyr to
Eneas, becaus that Venus was in the ascendent,
and had domynation in the hevyn, the tym of his
natvvite : and, for that the planet Venus \ias
the signifiar of his byrth, and had domination
and speciall influens towart hym, therfor is
scho fenzeit to be his mother ; and thus it that
poetis fenzeis bcin full of secreyt ondyrstandyng
ondyr a hyd sentcns or fygur. And wejTi nocht
for this, thocht poetis fenzeis Venus the planet,
for the caus foirsaid, to be Eneas mother, at
thai beleve nocht he was motherles, bot that he
had a favr ladv to his moder, quhilk for hir
bewte was clepit Venus : and that Venus metis
Eneas in form and lyknes of a maid is to be
onderstood that Venus the planete that t3-m
was in the syng of the Virgyn, quhilk betakyn-
nyt luf and fawouris of wemen. And of Venus
and hir son Cupyd I sail say sum thyiig in the
X. c. of this sam buke.
P. 41. /. 20. — Mony expondis Achates for
thochtfuU cuyr or solicitud, quhilk all tjTnys is
feyr and companyeon to princis and gret men.
P. 42. /. 1. — The madynnis of Sparta bene
the Amasonys.
P. 42. L 2. — Harpalica douchter to Ligurgus
kyng of Trace, hir fader beand tane be the
pepil of Gctya, assemblit hi:- power, and with
sa gret haist persewit thame, that scho semyt in
swiftnes to forryn the swiftast flude of Trace*
calht Hebrun ; and, with mair agilite and
hardyment than is almaste to be belevit, res-
kewit hir fader and ourcome hir aduersaris.
P. 43. /. 5. — Thus said scho for to dissimyll
hyr self, or than becaus that in Cypir was scho
wirscheppit only wyth insens and flouris, and
naj-n other sacrifyce, sa that it was onlefuU ony
blud Aiar sched in hir tempyll.
P. 43. /. 1 2. — Of Agenor ye sal knaw that
Jupiter engendrit Ephaphus, quhilk gat Belus
the first, that engendrit this Agenor, and he
begat Phenix, fra quham the realm of Tyre was
namj't Phenycia, and the pepil bath of TjTe
and Cartage Phenycianys, or Punycianys. This
Phenix begat Belus the secund, otherwys callit
Methres, and he was fader to this Pygmaleon,
and quej'n Dido, otherwys nemniyt Elissa. This
ilk Phenix also engendrit Philistenes, quhilk
begat this Sycheus, otherwys callit Sicarbas,
spous to this dk Dido, and gret preste to Her-
cules.
P. 44. /. 30. — Sum sais scho gave als mekyll
gold as wald gang in a bul hid for this grund ;
sum haldis opynyon that in thai dais the monye
^^•as mad of cuyrbulye or leddyr, and this castell
lies his nayra therfra, for, in the laiigage of
Affrik, bi/rsa betakynnys leddjT, or a hyd : bot
Seruyus is of Virgillis opynion, sayand. Dido
maid carve the bull hid in sa small twhangis
that it cumpassyt abowt the spas of xxij stageis,
that is thre myllis quarter les.