986. _Anteclaudian._ The Anticlaudianus is a Latin poem by Alanus de Insulis, who also wrote the De Planctu Naturæ, alluded to in the Parl. of Foules, 316 (see note). This poem is printed in Anglo-Latin Satirical Poets, ed. Wright, pp. 268 428; see, in particular, Distinctio Quarta, capp. 5-8, and Distinctio Quinta, cap. 1; pp. 338-347. It is from this poem that Chaucer probably borrowed the curious word _citizein_ (l. 930) as applied to the _eyrish bestes_ (l. 932). Thus, at pp. 338, 360 of Wright's edition, we find-- 'Vestigans, videt intuitu meliore _vagantes Aerios cives_.' '_Hic cives habitant_ supremi regis in urbe; Civibus his servanda datur _respublica_ coeli.' So again, ll. 966-969 above may well have been suggested by these lines (on p. 340), and other similar lines:-- 'Aeris excurso spatio, quo nubila coeli Nocte sua texunt tenebras, quo pendula nubes In se cogit aquas, quo grandinis ingruit imber, Quo certant venti, quo fulminis ira tumescit, Æthera transgreditur Phronesis.' 1003. _Or him or here_, or him or her, hero or heroine; e.g. Hercules, Perseus, Cepheus, Orion; Andromeda, Callisto (the Great Bear), Cassiopeia. Cf. Man of Lawes Tale, B 460. 1004. _Raven_, the constellation _Corvus_; see Ovid, Fasti, ii. 243-266. _Either bere_; Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. 1005. _Ariones harpe_, Arion's harp, the constellation Lyra; Ovid's Fasti, i. 316; ii. 76. 1006. _Castor_, _Pollux_; Castor and Pollux; the constellation Gemini. _Delphyn_, Lat. Delphin; the constellation Delphin (Ovid, Fasti, i. 457) or Delphinus, the Dolphin. 'Astris Delphina recepit Iupiter, et Stellas iussit habere nouem.' Ovid's Fasti, ii. 117. 1007. _Atlante_ does not mean Atalanta, but represents _Atlante_, the ablative case of _Atlas_. Chaucer has mistaken the form, having taken the story of the Pleiades (the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione) from Ovid's Fasti, v. 83:-- 'Hinc sata _Pleïone_ cum coelifero _Atlante_ iungitur, ut fama est; _Pleïadas_que parit.' 1021. _Up the heed_, up with your head; look about you. 1022. 'St. Julian (to our speed); lo! (here is) a good hostelry.' The eagle invokes or praises St. Julian, because they have come to their journey's end, and the poet may hope for a good reception in the House of Fame. St. Julian was the patron saint of hospitality; see Chaucer's Prologue, 340. In Le Roman de la Rose, 8872, I find (cf. note to l. 118 above):-- 'Ainsinc m'aïst saint Juliens, Qui pelerins errans herberge.' In Bell's Chaucer, i. 92, is the following: '"Ce fut celluy Julien qui est requis de ceux qui cheminent pour avoir _bon hostel_"; Legende Dorée. Having by mischance slain his father and mother, as a penance he established a hospital near a dangerous ford, where he lodged and fed travellers gratuitously.'