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In the poem "In Etesiam Lachrymantem" (page 221)the initial letter ofthe final line is missing in all extant editions; it is shown as aquestion-mark.In the Boethius translation Lib. IV. Metrum VI. (page 230),the letter'y' has been added to make line 9/10 read "...thoughthey/See otherstars..." although it is missing in all available editions.
At many points a period, comma or hyphen seems to be omitted in theoriginal. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Where missingpunctuation is not clearly an error, or the omission is harmless to thesense, the text remains as in the original.
Footnotes in the original appear on the page where they are referencedand are numbered from 1 on each page. In this edition footnotes are numberedconsecutively throughout the book and are grouped following each chapteror poem to which they refer. A footnote reference is linked to thenote text, and the text links back to the reference.
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Table Of Contents | vii | |
Biographical Note | xv |