¶O ANTE V.
OValis corona, a garlande of myrtelles, gyuen vnto hym, whiche had victorye without effusion of bloudde.
Ouatio, a small triumph of a prynce or capy∣tayne, whyche had vyctorye of his enemies without slaughter of men, or where batayle was not denounced: in the whyche triumph the capitayne wente on foote, or 〈…〉〈…〉 ryde on a horse, with a garlande of 〈…〉〈…〉 on his head, and his souldyours 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a∣boute hym.
Ouatus, ta, tum, whyche is in 〈…〉〈…〉 of an egge.
Ouans, ouantis, reioysynge, being ioyfull.
Ouidius, surnamyd Naso, borne in a towne callyd Sulmo, and brought vp in Rome, and diligently instructed in latin letters, from his tender age, he gaue most diligent study to the makynge of verses, from the whiche he was withdrawen by his father, and put to lern re∣torike, wher in a whyle he moche profited and was in the noumbre of the beste oratours of that tyme, and was aduanced to sundry au∣thorities & made a senator. Not withstāding he chiefely dyd dedicate hym selfe vnto poe∣try, wherein by nature he was made excellent in facylitie and abundaunce of sentences, he was in good fauour with the emperour Au∣gustus. of whome at the laste he was exyled into Pontus, where he spent the reste of his lyfe in a towne callyd Tomos, amonge peo∣ple moste barbarouse, who not withstanding lamented his deathe, for his courtaysye and gentylnesse of maners. The cause of his ex∣yle is vncertayne, sauynge that some do sup∣pose that it was for abusynge Iulia dough∣ter of the emperour Augustus, although the pretence of the emperour was, for the ma∣kynge of the boke of the craft of loue, wher∣by yonge myndes mought be styrred to wan∣tonnesse. He was before the Incarnation of Christe. yeres.