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NOTES.
475

"Cer. Shrouded in cloth of state; balm'd and entreasur'd
With bags of spices full!"Ib.


Note 69.Page 264.

"Cer. She is alive; behold,
Her eyelids, cases to those heavenly jewels
Which Pericles hath lost,
Begin to part their fringes of bright gold;
The diamonds of a most praised water
Appear, to make the world twice rich. O live,
And make us weep to hear your fate, fair creature,
Rare as you seem to be."Ib.


The original Latin text in this part ought to be preserved: and therefore I annex it.

"Quod cum fecissent, medicus aperuit, vidit puellam regalibus ornamentis decoratam et speciosam valde. Cujus pulchritudinem omnes videntes de ea multum admirabantur quoniam verus erat pulchritudinis radius in quo natura nihil viciosum constituit, nisi quòd eam immortalem non formaverat. Crines namque ejus erant nivei candoris sub quibus residerabat frontis lacteæ planicies: cujus nulla erat detestabilis rugositas. Oculi enim ejus erant quasi duorum siderum describentes orbis volubilitatem non prodigi. Aspectibus erant modestis