^{page 264 note 1} At one point the argument has been accidentally a little obscured; it is fairly evident that on p. III the words de l'an 40 have fallen out after et le 15 novembre.

^{page 264 note 2} Since he several times mentions an article of mine in Class. Quart., xviii, 1924, pp. 113–118Google Scholar, I would mention that I do not state, there or elsewhere, that Ecl. iv is anterior to Horace, Epod. xvi, but have always maintained that the question which was written first is insoluble and of no importance, a view very like his own, see p. 109. I impenitently maintain that my central contention, which he does not cite, that Vergil uses the Politicus myth, is incontrovertible.