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

Especes, H.; quatuor sunt species quibus omnis tumor arrogantium
  demonstratur, S. Greg. Moralia, xxiii. 6 (Migne, lxxvi. 258).

Footnote 423:

  Prov. viii. 13.

Footnote 424:

  Actæon, changed into a stag by Artemis (Ovid, Met. iii. 155).

Footnote 425:

  Nymphes, H.

Footnote 426:

  Ignorence, H., and so the “Dis des Philosophes.”

Footnote 427:

  Matt. iii. 2.

Footnote 428:

  See above, p. 74.

Footnote 429:

  Either Charon is meant, or Acheron, as the eponym of the river of
  Hades so named.

Footnote 430:

  Miraculeuse ne merueillable qui est appelle tempter Dieu, H.

Footnote 431:

  Jas. iv. 3.

Footnote 432:

  _Sc._ assay, test; Lessay con fist a Achilles, H.

Footnote 433:

  En labbaye la deesse Vesta, H.

Footnote 434:

  Pyrrhus, his son by Deidameia, daughter of Lycomedes of Scyros.

Footnote 435:

  Aneles, guimphes, conroyes et de tous ioyaulx, H.; quayntyses, prety
  japes and jewelles, Wyer.

Footnote 436:

  Make, MS.

Footnote 437:

  Cointeries mignotes, H.

Footnote 438:

  Leginon, H.; Longinon, Add. MS. 16,906, f. 51b; Loginon, Roy. MS. 19
  B. iv. f. 60.

Footnote 439:

  Le vaillant nest conqneu que en guerre, G. de Tign. (Roy. MS. 19 B.
  iv. f. 64).

Footnote 440:

  Attendent la gloire pardurable en loyer, H.

Footnote 441:

  2 Paralip. xv. 7.

Footnote 442:

  _Sc._ fairies; vne nymphe, H.

Footnote 443:

  The letters in brackets have been torn away with the edge of the leaf.

Footnote 444:

  Texillus, Dicta Phil. (Add. MS. 16,906, f. 56).

Footnote 445:

  1 Joh. ii. 15.

Footnote 446:

  _Sc._ knowledge; de sauoir, H.

Footnote 447:

  _Sc._ riches; dauoir, H.

Footnote 448:

  See above, p. 66.

Footnote 449:

  _Sc._ pass, surpass.

Footnote 450:

  Ioliuete, H.

Footnote 451:

  Omitted in MS.; les Manichees, H.

Footnote 452:

  It is þerfor it is, MS.

Footnote 453:

  Matt. vii. 1, 2; ut non judicemini, Vulg.

Footnote 454:

  _Sc._ snares; les tours de fortune sont comme engins, H.

Footnote 455:

  _Sc._ Boethius; Boece, H.

Footnote 456:

  Les quieulx addicions ne prestent point les choses ou les mondains
  mettent leur felicite, H.

Footnote 457:

  Isai. iii. 12.

Footnote 458:

  _Sic_, ? tasteth; gouster, H.

Footnote 459:

  Luke x. 42.

Footnote 460:

  Cephalus, who killed his wife Procris in the way described (Ovid, Met.
  vii. 836).

Footnote 461:

  Glauellot, H.

Footnote 462:

  Matt. vii. 3.

Footnote 463:

  1 Cor. x. 13.

Footnote 464:

  Au dieu qui dort et fait songer, H.

Footnote 465:

  That may propirly that may speke, MS.; qui proprement en puisse parler
  quoyque les expositeurs en dient, H.

Footnote 466:

  Tyme, MS.

Footnote 467:

  Eccl. ii. 4.

Footnote 468:

  Alcyone, or Halcyone, wife of Ceyx, whose story is in Ovid, Met. xi.
  410.

Footnote 469:

  For, MS.

Footnote 470:

  Dedens la nef se gita, H.

Footnote 471:

  Colus, MS.

Footnote 472:

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The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthodeChristine, de Pisan

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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

Especes, H.; quatuor sunt species quibus omnis tumor arrogantium
  demonstratur, S. Greg. Moralia, xxiii. 6 (Migne, lxxvi. 258).

Footnote 423:

  Prov. viii. 13.

Footnote 424:

  Actæon, changed into a stag by Artemis (Ovid, Met. iii. 155).

Footnote 425:

  Nymphes, H.

Footnote 426:

  Ignorence, H., and so the “Dis des Philosophes.”

Footnote 427:

  Matt. iii. 2.

Footnote 428:

  See above, p. 74.

Footnote 429:

  Either Charon is meant, or Acheron, as the eponym of the river of
  Hades so named.

Footnote 430:

  Miraculeuse ne merueillable qui est appelle tempter Dieu, H.

Footnote 431:

  Jas. iv. 3.

Footnote 432:

  _Sc._ assay, test; Lessay con fist a Achilles, H.

Footnote 433:

  En labbaye la deesse Vesta, H.

Footnote 434:

  Pyrrhus, his son by Deidameia, daughter of Lycomedes of Scyros.

Footnote 435:

  Aneles, guimphes, conroyes et de tous ioyaulx, H.; quayntyses, prety
  japes and jewelles, Wyer.

Footnote 436:

  Make, MS.

Footnote 437:

  Cointeries mignotes, H.

Footnote 438:

  Leginon, H.; Longinon, Add. MS. 16,906, f. 51b; Loginon, Roy. MS. 19
  B. iv. f. 60.

Footnote 439:

  Le vaillant nest conqneu que en guerre, G. de Tign. (Roy. MS. 19 B.
  iv. f. 64).

Footnote 440:

  Attendent la gloire pardurable en loyer, H.

Footnote 441:

  2 Paralip. xv. 7.

Footnote 442:

  _Sc._ fairies; vne nymphe, H.

Footnote 443:

  The letters in brackets have been torn away with the edge of the leaf.

Footnote 444:

  Texillus, Dicta Phil. (Add. MS. 16,906, f. 56).

Footnote 445:

  1 Joh. ii. 15.

Footnote 446:

  _Sc._ knowledge; de sauoir, H.

Footnote 447:

  _Sc._ riches; dauoir, H.

Footnote 448:

  See above, p. 66.

Footnote 449:

  _Sc._ pass, surpass.

Footnote 450:

  Ioliuete, H.

Footnote 451:

  Omitted in MS.; les Manichees, H.

Footnote 452:

  It is þerfor it is, MS.

Footnote 453:

  Matt. vii. 1, 2; ut non judicemini, Vulg.

Footnote 454:

  _Sc._ snares; les tours de fortune sont comme engins, H.

Footnote 455:

  _Sc._ Boethius; Boece, H.

Footnote 456:

  Les quieulx addicions ne prestent point les choses ou les mondains
  mettent leur felicite, H.

Footnote 457:

  Isai. iii. 12.

Footnote 458:

  _Sic_, ? tasteth; gouster, H.

Footnote 459:

  Luke x. 42.

Footnote 460:

  Cephalus, who killed his wife Procris in the way described (Ovid, Met.
  vii. 836).

Footnote 461:

  Glauellot, H.

Footnote 462:

  Matt. vii. 3.

Footnote 463:

  1 Cor. x. 13.

Footnote 464:

  Au dieu qui dort et fait songer, H.

Footnote 465:

  That may propirly that may speke, MS.; qui proprement en puisse parler
  quoyque les expositeurs en dient, H.

Footnote 466:

  Tyme, MS.

Footnote 467:

  Eccl. ii. 4.

Footnote 468:

  Alcyone, or Halcyone, wife of Ceyx, whose story is in Ovid, Met. xi.
  410.

Footnote 469:

  For, MS.

Footnote 470:

  Dedens la nef se gita, H.

Footnote 471:

  Colus, MS.

Footnote 472:

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