The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly ...

NOTES TO pp. 177— 198, 11. 3003—3324, 305
road, along the pathway ; Lat. " recto trainite incedebat j " c 2, back,
col. 2.
3003. Lat. " Sed anteqiiam exiret, dissolutuR est flnuins, et equum
eius absorbuit, et ipse cum difficultate maxima exiliuitj" ib.
3011. " Miiltitudo muHcarum niillam iuferet lesionem vespium
paucitati ; " c 3, col. 1. Cf. II. 109, 2533.
3032. Thejirste, the former one ; see 1. 3004.
;
3060. Lat. " eicut inessis in carapo " c 3, col. 2. See rizome in
Halliwell.
3078. "Nunc fugitiuus et subiectus factns sum ;" ib,
3080. "Si cognituin esset homini misero quid accidere sibi debeat
in futuro, illud in presenti cogitaret. In puncto enim vnius diei venit
quod homines vsque ad nubes exaltat fortuna, et sublimes vsque ad
tenebras demergit in profundum ; " c 3, col. 2, and back, col. 1. Perhaps
some lines have been lost in the English version.
3100. Lat. "omnes suas victorias in Ellada consummauit." Ellada
(E. Elanda) appears to refer to Hellas, i. e. Greece, as above ; see note
to 1. 2513.
3113. Permeon, Parmenio ; see note to 1. 2559.
3123. ffe put it, i. e. let hira put it,
3148, Kist, chest, i. e. tomb. The sense intended is that the amethyst
was so transparent that the body could be as clearly seen as if it had
been tombless. " Et tarn lucidus erat ametistus vt etiam a foris integrum
corpus hominis appareret ; " c 4, col. 1.
3164. At, against; Lat. " contra illos qui," &c. ; c. 4, col. 2.
3174. Cf. the parallel passage in Valerius, p. 121.
3190. The two traitors are, by Valerius, called Besas (usually written
Bessus) and Ariobarzaues
;
p. 122. See 1. 3428 below.
3219. Cusys, put for Cui-ys, i. e. Cyrus (as in the Lat. text),
3242. " luro enim tibi per potentissimos deos meos quod veraciter
tibi totum imperium renuncio ;" c 5, col. 1.
3248. Thi banes, thy murderers; " interfectores tuos;" ib. See
1. 969.
3267*. This line is essential to the sense,
3274, "In humilitatis foueam demergatur;" c, 5, col. 2.
3293, " Et quern deprimit exaltare potest ; et quera exaltat hominem
potest sternere in profundum ;
" ib,
3296. For ere (are) read is ; " for victory is granted thee by God."
3299. Lat. " aranearum artificio comparatur ;
" ib.
3301. For the second loerd read werk (as iu 1. 3299) or weh. " With
the least wind in the world that touches the work (or w-eb), each (bit
of the) work is destroyed and all comes to nothing." Note is profit,
advantage, &c.
3315. Rosan, Roxana, whom Alexander married ; but it is doubtful
if she was the daughter of Darius. See Mai's note to J. Valerius, p. 125.
3324. Mote, meeting, assembly ;
" ad regale palaciura Darii ; " c 5,
back, col. 1.
ALEXANDER.
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