Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

AETNARobinson Kllis' scholarshij), inucnuity, and palacographicalknowUdiio enabled him to make eonjecturcsof a hiiih descree of pro))ability. Many ofthese are here adopted.The corrupt state of the tradition has necessitatedMhat may appear to be a considerable apparatuscriticus, but it does not profess to be exhaustive.Note ox CThe text in C is neatly, though often inaccurately,written on vellum as part of a miscellaneous volumewhich begins with a patristic comment on the storyof the prodigal son and contains extracts fromAusonius among others, with the Cidex immediatelypreceding the " Aetkna " at the end. These poemsare both ascribed to \"irgil in the manuscript. Besidesthe handwriting, several points suggest itsinsular or Saxon origin. It has many corruptions,such as unintelligent division of words (e.g. 66, iiifertedivis; 114 indusis oUdum), dittographies (e.g. 240cura aestatae peril, cura aestas), haplographies (e.g.599 etiam ilia manus for et iam mille manus), and otherblunders like 107 crehrer : 472 repit for recipit ; 566ignobilis for sic nohilis ; 595 camilli for capilli. But inspite of defects, its date and its preservation of manysound readings constitute it a most valuable contributionto the text. All the readings reported asfrom C in the apparatus criticus have been speciallyverified for the purpose of this edition.357