^{page 225 note 1} I have given here the readings of the Oxford Text, save for one alteration which I have ventured to make in v. 62. For the MS. reading huc modern editors generally read hinc, which is due to an ancient ‘corrector’ I cannot help thinking that Statius wrote hunc (hoc is also possible, but less idiomatic and less likely): ‘This thou shalt dedicate in a loving address to chaste Polla, to be an honour and glory to her.’ There is no reason, apart from our text, to suppose that Lucan wrote a work called Adlocutio ad Pollam. If the reading now suggested is correct, Lucan mast have prefixed to his poem De Incendio Vrbis some verses addressed to his wife, Argentaria Polla.

^{page 27 note 1} Suetonius is thought to have taken these words to mean ‘and yet how many years remain before I reach the age at which the Culex was composed!’ This is surely an unnatural interpretation. It is much more likely that Lucan meant, ‘and yet how far I have to go before I reach the level of the Culex!' Suetonius’ prejudice against the Annaei may have led him to put a malicious construction upon the words; but the text is very probably corrupt. I hope to return to this point later.