The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode

Name: The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode
Author: Christine, de Pisan

Christine, de Pisan

Fastolf, John, 1378?-1459; French poetry -- To 1500 -- Translations into English

Adonc fu [le geant] surpris de soubdaine rage et tellement escroula la
  roche que tout en fu Axis acrauentez (_sc._ ecrasé, brisé), H.

Footnote 379:

  Nymphe, H.

Footnote 380:

  Se ficha en la mer, H.

Footnote 381:

  Sap. v. 9.

Footnote 382:

  Peleus, to whose marriage with Thetis all the gods were invited except
  Eris or Discord.

Footnote 383:

  For his judgment see below, p. 83.

Footnote 384:

  _Sc._ then; adonc, H.

Footnote 385:

  _Sc._ weaning; a qui il cuidoit estre filz, H.

Footnote 386:

  Qui conduisoit les dames, H.

Footnote 387:

  _Sc._ hates; ou croiscent les haynes, H.

Footnote 388:

  Cassiodore sus le Psaultier, H.

Footnote 389:

  Rom. xiii. 13.

Footnote 390:

  Iff thou aniy, MS.; _Sc._ tu las a qui que soit fait, H.

Footnote 391:

  See above, p. 51.

Footnote 392:

  Lawde, MS.

Footnote 393:

  _Sc._ avenged.

Footnote 394:

  Joel ii. 13.

Footnote 395:

  Damours affoles, H.

Footnote 396:

  Semele, whom Hera deceived in the form of her old nurse Beroe (Ovid,
  Met. iii. 260).

Footnote 397:

  Ne perceyued, MS. The translator misunderstood the original, _cf._
  dist a celle, qui garde ne sen prenoit de la deceuance, que de rien ne
  sestoit ancore apperceue de lamour, mais quant elle seroit auecques
  lui, _etc._, H.

Footnote 398:

  La voulsist accoller, H.

Footnote 399:

  Of hir, MS.; de feu, H.

Footnote 400:

  Ou liure des brebis, H., _Sc._ Sermo xlvii. de ovibus, in Ezech.
  xxxiv. 17–31 (Migne, xxxviii. 303).

Footnote 401:

  A noz freres enfermes, H.; infirmo fratri, St. Aug.

Footnote 402:

  Tit. ii. 7.

Footnote 403:

  Prov. xxxi. 27.

Footnote 404:

  Thereoff, MS.

Footnote 405:

  Arachne, who challenged Athena to compete with her in weaving and was
  changed by the goddess into a spider (Ovid, Met. vi. 1–145).

Footnote 406:

  The, MS.

Footnote 407:

  Sap. v. 8.

Footnote 408:

  _Sc._ Adonis.

Footnote 409:

  Vn damoisel moult cointe, H.

Footnote 410:

  According to the “Dicta Philosophorum” Sedechias “primus fuit per quem
  nutu Dei lex precepta fuit et sapientia intellecta” (Add. MS. 16,906,
  f. 1).

Footnote 411:

  2 Pet. ii. 19.

Footnote 412:

  Apoc. xiii. 7.

Footnote 413:

  De lagait (l’agait, _sc._ ruse, artifice), H. The translator seems to
  have read “la gent.”

Footnote 414:

  Luke xi. 21.

Footnote 415:

  To follow? Dinstrumens _suiure_ nas mestier, H.

Footnote 416:

  _Sc._ running; courans, H.

Footnote 417:

  _Sc._ fierce; fiers, H.

Footnote 418:

  Et moins sent les molestes dauarice qui ne voit point les riches du
  monde, H.

Footnote 419:

  Ps. ci. 8.

Footnote 420:

  Apulia and Calabria.

Footnote 421:

  This is an assumption from the fact that the Greek colonies of South
  Italy had the name of Magna Græcia. Hellas originally was the district
  of Phthiotis in Thessaly, where the Myrmidones dwelt.

Footnote 422:

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The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode

Christine, de Pisan

Fastolf, John, 1378?-1459; French poetry -- To 1500 -- Translations into English

Adonc fu [le geant] surpris de soubdaine rage et tellement escroula la
  roche que tout en fu Axis acrauentez (_sc._ ecrasé, brisé), H.

Footnote 379:

  Nymphe, H.

Footnote 380:

  Se ficha en la mer, H.

Footnote 381:

  Sap. v. 9.

Footnote 382:

  Peleus, to whose marriage with Thetis all the gods were invited except
  Eris or Discord.

Footnote 383:

  For his judgment see below, p. 83.

Footnote 384:

  _Sc._ then; adonc, H.

Footnote 385:

  _Sc._ weaning; a qui il cuidoit estre filz, H.

Footnote 386:

  Qui conduisoit les dames, H.

Footnote 387:

  _Sc._ hates; ou croiscent les haynes, H.

Footnote 388:

  Cassiodore sus le Psaultier, H.

Footnote 389:

  Rom. xiii. 13.

Footnote 390:

  Iff thou aniy, MS.; _Sc._ tu las a qui que soit fait, H.

Footnote 391:

  See above, p. 51.

Footnote 392:

  Lawde, MS.

Footnote 393:

  _Sc._ avenged.

Footnote 394:

  Joel ii. 13.

Footnote 395:

  Damours affoles, H.

Footnote 396:

  Semele, whom Hera deceived in the form of her old nurse Beroe (Ovid,
  Met. iii. 260).

Footnote 397:

  Ne perceyued, MS. The translator misunderstood the original, _cf._
  dist a celle, qui garde ne sen prenoit de la deceuance, que de rien ne
  sestoit ancore apperceue de lamour, mais quant elle seroit auecques
  lui, _etc._, H.

Footnote 398:

  La voulsist accoller, H.

Footnote 399:

  Of hir, MS.; de feu, H.

Footnote 400:

  Ou liure des brebis, H., _Sc._ Sermo xlvii. de ovibus, in Ezech.
  xxxiv. 17–31 (Migne, xxxviii. 303).

Footnote 401:

  A noz freres enfermes, H.; infirmo fratri, St. Aug.

Footnote 402:

  Tit. ii. 7.

Footnote 403:

  Prov. xxxi. 27.

Footnote 404:

  Thereoff, MS.

Footnote 405:

  Arachne, who challenged Athena to compete with her in weaving and was
  changed by the goddess into a spider (Ovid, Met. vi. 1–145).

Footnote 406:

  The, MS.

Footnote 407:

  Sap. v. 8.

Footnote 408:

  _Sc._ Adonis.

Footnote 409:

  Vn damoisel moult cointe, H.

Footnote 410:

  According to the “Dicta Philosophorum” Sedechias “primus fuit per quem
  nutu Dei lex precepta fuit et sapientia intellecta” (Add. MS. 16,906,
  f. 1).

Footnote 411:

  2 Pet. ii. 19.

Footnote 412:

  Apoc. xiii. 7.

Footnote 413:

  De lagait (l’agait, _sc._ ruse, artifice), H. The translator seems to
  have read “la gent.”

Footnote 414:

  Luke xi. 21.

Footnote 415:

  To follow? Dinstrumens _suiure_ nas mestier, H.

Footnote 416:

  _Sc._ running; courans, H.

Footnote 417:

  _Sc._ fierce; fiers, H.

Footnote 418:

  Et moins sent les molestes dauarice qui ne voit point les riches du
  monde, H.

Footnote 419:

  Ps. ci. 8.

Footnote 420:

  Apulia and Calabria.

Footnote 421:

  This is an assumption from the fact that the Greek colonies of South
  Italy had the name of Magna Græcia. Hellas originally was the district
  of Phthiotis in Thessaly, where the Myrmidones dwelt.

Footnote 422:

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The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode

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