^{page 27 note 1} The Apologia and Florida are in the same position as the Met. They are included in F and φ, and rarely occur in MSS. apart from the Met.

^{page 27 note 2} I have followed recent editors in keeping the traditional spelling Apuleius (with one pl, because it does not seem quite certain that this spelling is wrong; the evidence of inscriptions suggests that Apuleius may have been characteristic of Africa (see Thes, L. Lat. s.v. Appius, a reference which I owe to Dr. Postgate). F has Apuleius, and so have the best MSS. of the philosophical works.

^{page 27 note 3} Obs. crit. in Catonis et Varronis de r. r. libris, , Halle, 1849, pp. 77 sqqGoogle Scholar .

^{page 27 note 4} φ has generally been called twelfth century. Lowe, however (The Benevcntan Script, 1914, p. 70), assigned it to the thirteenth. Rostagno and Schiaparelli adhere to the old dating, and Lowe ( Class. Quart. XIV., 1920, p. 155)Google Scholar suggests the date 1200. For all this, and for a refutation of Rossbach's view that φ is a Renaissance MS., see Lowe's article. Lowe thinks that φ, like F, was written at Monte Cassino.

^{page 27 note 5} Professor Rostagno most kindly examined this writing for me, and made exhaustive comparisons. His conclusion is: ‘Credo di non essere lontano dal vero attribuendo al sec. xiv.—forse 2^a meta—quei supplementi.’

^{page 27 note 6} Mnem., 1895, pp. 175 sqq.

^{page 27 note 7} N.J. f. Ph. u. P., 1895, pp. 570 sqq.

^{page 27 note 8} Mnem., 1896, pp. 210 sqq.

^{page 28 note 1} Teubner, 1897, p. xiii. But here (e.g. p. xviii) he seems inclined to treat δ as the only MS. of this class.

^{page 28 note 2} Metam., 1907 and 1913; Florida (with general preface), 1910. The view that the supplementa of the rent in VIII. 7–9 are guess-work is maintained by Helm and also by , Lowe, Class. Quart., 1920, p. 152Google Scholar.

^{page 28 note 3} Apulei Apologia, Butler, H. E. and Owen, A. S., Oxford, 1914, p. XXXGoogle Scholar.

^{page 28 note 4} Studi ital. di filol, class, XIX., 1912, p. 294Google Scholar.

^{page 28 note 5} I must express deep gratitude to the authorities of the University Library, Leyden, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Eton College Library, for sending MSS. for my use to the Cambridge University Library; also to the authorities of the other libraries where I have worked, and especially to Professor Enrico Rostagno, of the Laurentian Library. I must also thank Dr. E. H. Minns for his kindness in suggesting dates (from photographs) for some of the MSS. in the following list.

^{page 29 note 1} Butler uses D for the Sandanielensis, but as that MS. does not contain Met., and the Dresdensis does not contain Apol., it seemed simplest to retain here, for the Drsdensis, the old and Obvious symbol D.

^{page 29 note 2} If Hildebrand's reports of the Fuxensis are correct, it was a member of what I call below Class II.

^{page 30 note 1} I do not, however, know the readings of all MSS. in this passage.

^{page 30 note 2} , Hildebrand, Praef., p. xiiGoogle Scholar ; ‘Fortuna satismira accidit ut eius codicis collatio in excerptoris manus traderetur, quo nemo diligentior, nemo accuratior esse potest.’

^{page 31 note 1} Helm quotes, besides φ L4's variants (only) under the symbol L; these (which I have checked) suffice to make it clear that Li is their source.

^{page 31 note 2} Henceforth I shall quote , Helm's pages and lines in brackets—e.g. V. 9 (110, 15)Google Scholar .

^{page 31 note 3} N. J. f. Phil. u. Päd., 1895, p. 575 .

^{page 31 note 4} Mnem., 1896, p. 220.

^{page 31 note 5} Quoted by Fulgentius, ib. 36 (p. 121, 10 Helm).

^{page 31 note 6} I have no information about the reading of H in these passages.

^{page 32 note 1} , Fulgentius, Mitol. III. 6 (p. 66, 1. 19 sqq., Helm)Google Scholar . The note in V6 is interesting; Incipit fabula Psyche. Allegoriam istius fabulae ponit fabius placiades quam require inter alias in libello ueteri.

^{page 32 note 2} The only alternative possibility is that some are derived from F's immediate ancestor.

^{page 32 note 3} Illa is Charite, whose husband, Tlepolemus, has been murdered while hunting by the villain Thrasyllus, who is now courting her.

^{page 32 note 4} The q of alioq is incomplete.

^{page 32 note 5} This e is ignored by Helm. It might be ę (⁼ae), as he bottom is lost.

^{page 32 note 6} This reading will be discussed later.

^{page 32 note 7} The capital N has been erased, and a small one substituted. Perphps there was a full-stop before N.

^{page 32 note 8} This t is only partly preserved.

^{page 33 note 1} Helm gives iā, but the ti ligature is clearly legible.

^{page 33 note 2} Or nidat (the m or n is imperfect).

^{page 33 note 3} The top of the l and the end of the u are legible.

^{page 33 note 4} Helm ‘heueu (uel heula).’ I think heula is certain.

^{page 33 note 5} Or la. In the margin opposite la or da the first hand has written īterula. Helm is probably right in suspecting that F's text had intcriia.

^{page 33 note 6} φ regularly changes final ae to e. See , Lowe in class. Quart., l.c., p. 153Google Scholar. He also changes F's thrasyllus to tharsyllus, and his tlepholemus to alepolemus.

^{page 34 note 1} See , Lowe, The Bcneventan Script, p. 191Google Scholar. In VIII. 24 (178, 22) φ reproduces ὃ by q: there Helm (as we shall see later) prints quid without comment.

^{page 34 note 2} Professor Rostagno thinks that this nero is contemporary with the rest of the supplements.

^{page 35 note 1} Florida, 1910, pp. xxxii sqq.

^{page 35 note 2} Florida, p. xxxii.

^{page 38 note 1} ‘quem transcripsi cum duobus incorruptissimis exemplis (he must mean “most corrupt”) me inscio neque cognito, correptus deinde et emendatus per me ipsum cum optimo atque uetustissimo exemplari, 1425.’

^{page 42 note 1} It is of course possible that MSS. of other Classes may occasionally be useful too. II., especially, is sometimes extraordinarily faithful to F. III. seems sometimes alone to have preserved the original reading of I.