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PAg. 90. line 15. Whips her Gold and Jewels into this Casket.] These were certain Ornaments that the Laws of Athens forbad Courtesans to wear publickly in the Streets.
Ibid. line 35. Tis better to be almost distanc'd, than to be quite thrown out of the Race.] Certe ex∣trema linea amare, hand nihil est. This is an Al∣lusion to their Custom of Chariot Races, where the Racers were rewarded according to the Marks or Lines they first arrived at.
Pag. 100. line 12, 13. Had we but a Mortar now to play upon 'em under the Covert way; one Bomb would make ••om scamper.] Fundam tibi nunc nimis vellem dari, ut tu illos procul hine ex occulto caederes: Facerent fugam. The liberty we have here taken is only changing of a custom; perhaps a Squib or a Cracker might have done as well; Gnat••o being somewhat upon the Droll with the Captain.
P. 102. l. 14, 15. Take your Army into Quarters of Refreshment i••th' Kitchin.] Domi focique fac Vi∣cissim ut memiveris. Th••s passage is admirable in the Original, and its Beauty can't be preserv'd in our Tongue, which consists in the words Domi focique, and the Verb Memineris. 'Tis an Allu∣sion to Generals bidding their Souldiers (upon all desperate attempts) to think on their Houses and warm Chimneys at home, which were taken for the chief Blessing of a Souldier; and the word Memineris was then their constant word of En∣ouragement, which also is lost in our Tongue.