Moralia, xxx. 18 (Migne, lxxvi. 556). Footnote 246: Philipp, iii. 19. Footnote 247: The scene of the story was in Cyprus. Cidonie (Cydonie, H.) apparently comes from a misunderstanding of Ovid, who says of Pygmalion, “Collocat hanc stratis concha Sidonide tinctis” (Met. x. 267). Footnote 248: En ot pitie. H. Footnote 249: Omitted in MS.; plusieurs, H. Footnote 250: Que il en lait a suiure, H.; leue to ensue, Wyer. Footnote 251: Apthalin, H.; but it is doubtful who is meant. The name occurs in the “Dicta Philosophorum,” but not with this “dictum.” Footnote 252: 2 Pet. ii. 13. Footnote 253: The assignment of a particular clause in the Creed to each of the Apostles appears in a sermon printed among the spurious works of St. Augustine (Migne, xxxix. 2190). Footnote 254: To, MS. Footnote 255: _Sc._ to plough. Footnote 256: Car deuant semoient les gainages sans labourer, H. “Gaineyer” is for “gaigneur,” a husbandman. Footnote 257: Lawde, MS.; ainsi que la terre est abandonnee et large donnarresse, H. Footnote 258: Qui tant nous a largement donne de ses haulx biens, H. Footnote 259: Isis, in her original character as wife of Osiris and inventor of the cultivation of corn. Footnote 260: Toutes vertus antes et plantes En toy, comme Ysis fait les plantes Et tous les grains fructifier; Ainsi dois tu ediffier. So H., where “antes,” _sc._ antez, entez, is from “enter, placer, faire entrer” (Godefroy, _s.v._). Footnote 261: _Sc._ Hermes. Footnote 262: What, MS. Footnote 263: Vn roy, H. Footnote 264: Oan, MS., and so below. Footnote 265: Pastours, H. Footnote 266: _Sc._ mole; comme la tauppe, H. Footnote 267: Lierres, _sc._ larron, H. Footnote 268: And nede, MS.; au besoing, H. Footnote 269: _Sc._ Theseus and Peirithous, who invaded the lower world in order to carry off Persephone. Footnote 270: There is some confusion in this passage; se Hercules, qui leur compaignon yere, ne les eust secourus, qui tant y fist, _etc._, H. Footnote 271: _Sc._ chains; chayennes, H. Footnote 272: _Sc._ Cadmus, who founded Thebes and slew the dragon which guarded the neighbouring well of Ares, and who also invented letters. Footnote 273: _Sc._ won; gaigna, H. Footnote 274: Lestude y mist, H. Footnote 275: Plus quen nulle autre auoir, H. Footnote 276: Et du bien largement y prendre, H. The strange word “theryng” is probably nothing more than “therein.” Footnote 277: See Ovid, Met. i. 583 sq. The source of the statement that Io invented letters is doubtful. Possibly it rests only on the two lines (_ib._ 649): Littera pro verbis quam pes in pulvere duxit Corporis indicium mutati triste peregit. Footnote 278: Les vertus de iupiter, H. Footnote 279: Tho, MS. Footnote 280: _Sc._ note. Footnote 281: _Sc._ cloud; en vne nue, H. Footnote 282: