top  of  an  old  beech-tree,  a  marsh,  and  the  18.  Heu,  tua  solatia.  Sic,  Alas,  Menalcas,

nyer  Mincitts.  your  delight  (the  delight  of  your  song^  was

9.  Ad  aquam  :  perhaps  the  river  Mincius.  almost  snatched  from  us  with  yourself:  and
I3..'l7iii/d  penifn/e:  the  eagle  coming  upon  if  you  had  been  quite  slain,  in  that  case,

thenH-pursuing  them.  Here  we  have  a  who  would  have  sung  the  nymphs,  Sic,  Heyne
beautiful  circumlocution,  expressing  the  in-  observes  that  by  solatia  we  are  to  under-
utility  of  his  verses,  and  the  charms  of  po-  .stand  the  song,  carmina,  or  verses  of  Menal«
etrj,  amid»t  martial  arms.     Chaonias :  an  cas.
adj.  from  Chaonia,  a  part  of  Epims,  where  21.  Sublegi:  I  purloined  from  yon.    Ra-

tvu  the  city  Dodona.  and  a  grove  of  the  sens  says,  surripui.
fame  name,  famous  for  its  oracular  oaks.  22.  J^ostras  delicias :  for  not/ram  omteam.
Cobimbas:  two  doves  endued  with  a  pro-  De/icia  is  used  only  in  the  plural ;  delight'^

phetie  spirit  are  said  to  have  resided  ampng  darling:  here  a  mistress,

these  oaks.    Afterward  one  of  them  is  said  24.  Age  pastas :   drive  them  fall  M  So

to  have  flown  to  the  temple  of  Apollo  at  drink.    Potum :  sup.  in  urn,  to  drink — ^lak«

Delphi,  and  the  other  to  the  temple  of  Jupi-  water.    Inter  agendum :  in  driving  them—

t0  Ammon  in  Africa.    They  are  hero  pot  while  driving  them,  beware.  Sec

foi  doves  in  general.  26.  Fan:  to  Varna.    See  EcL  0.  7


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87.  Qu«ncM  h»^  eii^^  lirlantua^  vae  misersB  niinium  vicuia  Cremon* '.)
rra^menjum:    O   V^nsib  Cantanies  sublime  ferent  ad  sidera  cycni."

uitm  Domaa  ^*-  .^'^  '"*  Cyrneas  lugiant  exanuiia  taxa*,  30

Sic  cytiso  pastes  distentcnt  ubera  vaccc.
