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286 NOTES TO pp. 1, 2, 11. 25—27. concham eream plenara aqua pluuiali tenensque in manu virgam eream, hie per magicam incantationem demones conuocabat, et per magicas incantationes intelligebat in ipsa concha classes nauium super eura potentissime venientes. Erant enim principes in custodiam militie positi Anecta[na]bi a cou6nibus persarum. Uenit quidam exors dicens, " Maxime Anectanabe, iiisurgit in te Artaxerses rex persarum cum multitudine hostium et gentilium infinitis. Sunt enim Partlii, Medi, Perse, Syrii, Mesopotamii, Drapes, Phares, Argiri, Caldei, Bachiri, Confires, Hircani, atque Agiophii, et alie pluresque gentes de orientalibus partibus procedentes." Cum hec audisset Anectanabus, suspirans dixit " Custodiam quam tibi condidi bene obserua, sed non tamen sicut : princeps militie egisti, sed sicut homo timidus. Uirtus enim non hec valet in multitudine populi sed in fortitudine animorum ; an nescis quod vnus leo multos ceruos in fugam vertit " Et hec dicens iterum intrauit cubiculum solus, et fecit nauiculas ereas in concha cum aqua plena pluuiali, tenensque in manu virgam palme et respiciens in ipsam incepit totis viribus incantare, et videbat qualiter egyptii sternebantur impetu classium Barbarorum. Statimque mutato habitu, radens eibi caput et barbam, et tulit aurum quantumcunque portare potuit, et quecunque erant sibi necessaria ad astrologiam et ad artes magicas exercendas, fugit prope pelusium de egypto. Denique veniens ethiopiam induit linea vestimenta egipcius quasi propheta, intrauit macedoniam, sedensque manam (sic) grecis (sic) coram omnibus palam videntibus diuinabat. Egiptii vero vt viderunt quia Anectanabus non inueniebatur ad curtum, perrexerunt ad Serapim deum illorum maximum, et rogauerunt eum vt vera responsa daret eis de anectanabo rege eorum. Serapis autem respondit " : Anectanabus rex vester abijt de egipto propter Arthaxersem regem persarum, qui vos suo imperio subiugabit. Post modicum vero tempus reuertetur ad vos reijciendo a se seruitutem et vlciscetur de iuimicis vestris subiugando illos vobis." Et hec responsa recipientes statim fecerunt statuam regalem ex lapide nigro in honorem Anectanabi, et scripserunt ad pedes eius responsa vt in posterum memorie mandaretur. Anectanabus autem mansit macedonie incognitus." We must not omit to notice here that Gower, in his Confessio Amantis, bk. vi. (ed. Pauli, iii. 61), gives a long extract from the Alexander Romance, which he designates as being •' A great cronique emperiall, Which euer into memoriall, Among the men, how so it wende, Shall dwelle to the worldes ende." See also the verse translation of " Kyng Alisaunder," edited by Weber, and the Life of Alexander by Plutarch. 25, 26. Here we have mention of the two lower elements, earth (mukle) and water (see). 27, Here the third element of air is mentioned, beyond which was a "periphery" of fire, not noticed. Tiie " odde home" above the air
— NOTES TO pp. 2—4, II. 29— 110. 287 refers to what Gower calls orhis or the fifth element, otherwise the firmament ; see Conf. Amant. iii. 105, 107. In this orhis are contained the seven planets and the fixed stars. The " courses of the clear stars" in 1. 28 refers to the orbits of the planets. 29. For aghill ire read athill thre. The reference is to the three "peripheries" into which the element of air was subdivided, '• This air in periferies thre Devided is, of such degre," &:c. ; Gower, C. A. iii. 93. Articus and Antarticus refer to the two poles of the heavens. 35. A clear reference to the opening words of the Latin text " Sapientissiini Egiptii," &c. 36. "They taught all, that desired to learn it, (some) of that lore." Lere is here improperly used, the right word being learn. The converse error, of using learn in the sense of 'teach,' is common in provincial English. 41. "When he beheld the heaven, he was wise enough to reckon the destinies of men alive." 44. How Aristotle taught Alexander " the nature of philosophy " is told by Gower in his seventh book. On the " seven arts," see my Notes to P. Plowman, p. 243. 46. The three authors alluded to are doubtless Plato, Pythagoras, and Priscian ; they are not mentioned in the Latin text, the translation being much amplified. 50. "To pass (i. e. to march) against him." dress." 56. Compare A. 480— " Of rain-water ryght full • J)e rink gon it Lat. " concham plenam aqua pluuiali." 70. Hare wod, hoar wood, i. e. bare wood, one stripped of leaves, as in winter-time. So also " Ao*e okez " and "bare twyges," Gawain and the Grene Knight, 743, 746 ; " a forest highe and hore," Le Morte Arthur, ed. Furnivall, 1. 314. 71. Anec, for Anectanabus ; this shortened form occurs frequently. 81. Artaxenses, Artaxerxes. As in all M.E. poems, the spelling of proper names is very inaccurate. So in 1. 87, the MS. has panthy. 87. These names may be compared with those in the Latin text (above), and in A. 494—500. Hence Syre is Syria ; Sychim (perhaps suggested by Sichem in the Bible) answers to none of the Latin names ; Capidos no doubt means Cappadocians ; Faire represents the Lat. Phares ; Batary, the Lat. Bachiri (perhaps Bactrians). See note to A. 493. 97. Kepe to Ipe tnarche, guard the border-land ; or, as A. has it, " Keepe well thyne owne koste " (coast). 105, " But only in that case where they (i. e. men) are blended (i.e. compounded) with greatness of will" (i.e. of courage). case). 107. For Jie (as in MS.) we should certainly read Ipii, thou (voc. 110. "Will cause to take to flight, and will terrify, many harts." See note to A. 515.
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