Chapter XXV: Book THE SEVENTH: Fable I. Vii.1-158 (3)

“The rash informer of an imaginary crime immediately went to Procris, and with his whispering tongue related what he had heard. Love is a credulous thing. When it was told her, she fell down fainting, with sudden grief; and coming to, after a long time, she declared that she was wretched, and {born} to a cruel destiny; and she complained about my constancy. Excited by a groundless charge,[117] she dreads that which, {indeed}, is nothing; {and} fears a name without a body; and, in her wretchedness, grieves as though about a real rival. Yet she is often in doubt, and, in her extreme wretchedness, hopes she may be deceived, and denies credit to the information; and unless she beholds it herself, will not pass sentence upon the criminality of her husband. The following light of the morning had banished the night, when I sallied forth, and sought the woods; and being victorious in the fields, I said, ‘Come, breeze, and relieve my pain;’ and suddenly I seemed to hear I know not what groans in the midst of my words; yet I said, ‘Come hither, most delightful {breeze}.’ Again, the falling leaves making a gentle noise, I thought it was a wild beast, and I discharged my flying weapon. It was Procris; and receiving the wound in the middle of her breast, she cried out, ‘Ah, wretched me!’ When the voice of my attached wife was heard, headlong and distracted, I ran towards {that} voice. I found her dying, and staining her scattered vestments with blood, and drawing her own present (ah, wretched me!) from out of her wound; I lifted up her body, dearer to me than my own, in my guilty arms, and I bound up her cruel wounds with the garments torn from my bosom; and I endeavored to stanch the blood, and besought her that she would not forsake me, {thus} criminal, by her death. She, wanting strength, and now expiring, forced herself to utter these few words:

“‘I suppliantly beseech thee, by the ties of our marriage, and by the Gods above, and my own Gods, and if I have deserved anything well of thee, by that {as well}, and by the cause of my death, my love even now enduring, while I am perishing, do not allow the Nymph Aura [{breeze}] to share with thee my marriage ties.’ She {thus} spoke; and then, at last, I perceived the mistake of the name, and informed her of it. But what avails informing her? She sinks; and her little strength flies, together with her blood. And so long as she can look on anything, she gazes on me, and breathes out upon me, on my face,[118] her unhappy life; but she seems to die free from care, and with a more contented look.”

In tears, the hero is relating these things to them, as they weep, and, lo! Æacus enters, with his two sons,[119] and his soldiers newly levied; which Cephalus received, {furnished} with valorous arms.

[Footnote 117: _Groundless charge._--Ver. 829. Possibly, Ovid may
intend to imply that her jealousy received an additional stimulus
from the similarity of the name ‘Aura’ to that of her former
rival, Aurora.]

[Footnote 118: _On my face._--Ver. 861. He alludes to the
prevalent custom of catching the breath of the dying person in the
mouth.]

[Footnote 119: _His two sons._--Ver. 864. These were Telamon and
Peleus, who had levied these troops.]

EXPLANATION.

The love which Cephalus, the son of Deïoneus, bore for the chase,
causing him to rise early in the morning for the enjoyment of his
sport, was the origin of the story of his love for Aurora. His wife,
Procris, as Apollodorus tells us, carried on an amour with Pteleon,
and, probably, caused that report to be spread abroad, to divert
attention from her own intrigue. Cephalus, suspecting his wife’s
infidelity, she fled to the court of the second Minos, king of Crete,
who fell in love with her. Having, thereby, incurred the resentment of
Pasiphaë, who adopted several methods to destroy her rival, and, among
others, spread poison in her bed, she left Crete, and returned to
Thoricus, the place of her former residence, where she was reconciled
to Cephalus, and gave him the celebrated dog and javelin mentioned by
Ovid.

The poets tell us, that this dog was made by Vulcan, and presented by
him to Jupiter, who gave him to Europa; and that coming to the hands
of her son Minos, he presented it to Procris. The wild beast, which
ravaged the country, and was pursued by the dog of Procris, and which
some writers tell us was a monstrous fox, was probably a pirate or sea
robber; and being, perhaps, pursued by some Cretan officer of Minos,
who escorted Procris back to her country, on their vessels being
shipwrecked near some rocks, it gave occasion to the story that the
dog and the monster had been changed into stone. Indeed, Tzetzes says
distinctly, that the dog was called Cyon, and the monster, or fox,
Alopis; and he also says that Cyon was the captain who brought Procris
back from Crete. It being believed that resentment had some share in
causing the death of Procris, the court of the Areiopagus condemned
Cephalus to perpetual banishment. The island of Cephalenia, which
received its name from him, having been given to him by Amphitryon, he
retired to it, where his son Celeus afterwards succeeded him.

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Transcriber’s Note on the Text:

Ovid’s _Metamorphoses_, translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1816-1878, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1859), was originally published in 1851 as part of Bohn’s Classical Library. This e-text, covering Books I-VII, uses material from two reprints:

George Bell (London, 1893, one volume). This edition is described on its title page as “reprinted from the stereotype plates”. These may have been the original 1851 plates, since the entire _Classical Library_ had been sold by Bohn to Bell & Daldy, later George Bell.

David McKay (Philadelphia, 1899, two volumes), with introduction by Edward Brooks. The introductory material from the Bell/Bohn edition is absent. This edition was freshly typeset, correcting a few errors in the Bell/Bohn edition but also introducing a number of new errors.

The McKay edition was the “base” of the e-text. The scanned, proofread text was computer-checked against the text of the Bell edition, and differences were in turn checked against page images of the printed books. Where appropriate, the text was checked against one or more versions of the Latin original. Most differences are trivial. McKay uses American spelling such as “honor” for “honour”, and compound forms such as “northwest” for “north-west”; punctuation is often changed, though some apparent variations may be due to the quality of printing and reproduction. Non-trivial differences are listed in the Errata, below.

Note that the title page of the Bell edition lists the translator as “Henry T. Riley, B.A.”, while the McKay edition has “M.A.” The sequence of dates-- original publication 1851, Riley M.A. 1859, reprint 1893-- supports the idea that the Bell edition is a strict facsimile.

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_Errors and Anomalies noted by transcriber_

Errors are grouped thematically:
significant errors and inconsistencies;
variant spellings, including name forms;
Greek;
punctuation;
line and footnote numbering.
Abbreviations in the form “II.XIV Exp” mean “Book II, Fable XIV,
Explanation” (appended to most Fables); “Syn” means Synopsis (prefaced
to each Fable).

_Shared errors and irregularities (present in both McKay and Bell editions), with original text in brackets []_

I.XII: the light breeze spread behind her her careless locks _read as “spread her careless locks behind her”_ _in McKay, “her her” is printed at a line break and can easily be mistaken for an error_ I.XII Footnote 82, Pope quotation _McKay reads “trembling dove” and “reached her”; other modernizations in spelling are shared by both editions_ I.V: the dreadful carcasses _anomalous spelling: both editions normally use “carcase(s)”_ II.I _and_ Footnote 16: Hæmus [Hœmus] II.I Exp: Herse, the daughter of Cecrops (Hersa) II.III Footnote 57: 2 Kings, xx. 11 [xx. 7] II.XIV Exp: which Hesychius calls ... [Hesychus] III.IV Footnote 62: ... Æneid (l. 620) [l. 260] IV.I Footnote 3: Alcathoë, Leucippe, and Aristippe _text unchanged; may be error for “Alcithoë”_ IV.II Footnote 39: ‘Virgo victa nitore Dei.’ [uitore] V.V Footnote 60: The zone, or girdle ... was much worn _Bell has “was much wore“; McKay has “were much worn”_ V.VI Footnote 75: adjoining to the Elean territory [Eleon] VI.I: the sley separates the warp _this technical term is missing from many dictionaries_ VI.III Footnote 47: ‘brekekekekex koäx koäx.’ _text unchanged (one syllable too many)_ VII.IV Footnote 89: the Explanation, p. 242 / p. 270 _final paragraph of the Explanation of Fable VII.III_ VII.V Footnote 92: The Andrian slave, who gives his name [its name]

_Errors or variations introduced by McKay, with original text in brackets []. Unless otherwise noted, the Bell version was treated as the correct form. Italics in the translation (here shown in braces {}) are considered non-trivial because they indicate text added by the translator, not present in the Latin original._

I.II Footnote 19: she was supposed to have her habitation [habitations] I.II Footnote 22: Ver. 64. [34] I.III Exp: the ground became unfruitful [become] --: as they really happened [happen] I. VI Footnote 38: Di majorum gentium [Di imajorum] _intended text may have been “Dii majorum”_ I.VIII Exp: ... that the sea joined its waters [... the sea joined in its waters] --: the tradition here followed by Ovid [that tradition] I.IX: {to endure} these sorrows [to {endure}] I.X Exp: where he built a temple to Jupiter [when] I.XII Footnotes 83, 84: Clarke [Clark] I.XII: Thou, the same, shalt stand [shall] I.XIII Footnote 92: mount Æta [Ætna] _the reference is to the Greek mountain now spelled “Eta”_ I.XIII Footnote 96: Pliny the Elder (Book iii. ch. 23) ... Aous [Aeus] _editions of Pliny vary; the cited passage may also be found as iii.58 or iii.145_ I.XIII: the wild beasts alone [beast] I.XVI Exp: Argus was the son of Arestor [Argos] I.XVII: Thou ... believest thy mother in all things [believes] I.XVII Footnote 115: He was king of Ethiopia [Ethiopa]

II.I: Ignorant what to do, he is stupefied _McKay reads “stupei/fied” at page break_ _Bell has “stupified” here, “stupefied” elsewhere_ II.I Footnote 13: Thessaly [Thessalis] II.I Footnote 18: This was a mountain [A mountain] II.I Footnote 24: _Cithæron._ [Cithœron] II.I Footnote 41: Cape Matapan [Metapan] II.I Exp: the Greek form of it [from] II.II: a long tract through the air [track] _Latin: longo ... tractu_ II.VII: Larissæan[69] Coronis [Larissæn] II.IX: the womb of his mother [the wound] II.XI: The son of Atlas laughed [sun] II.XIII Syn: her sister’s apartment [apartments] _both editions consistently use “apartment”_ II.XIV: which thou seest [seeest] _this spelling is normal in Bell, but McKay uses “seest” elsewhere_ II.XIV Exp: Palæphatus and Tzetzes suggest [suggests]

III.I Footnote 1: ‘Thebe,’ which signified ‘an ox.’ [signifies] III.II: the victorious enemy of immense size [in immense size] III.II Exp: sows the teeth [their] III.III Footnote 24: _Phyale._ [Phyule] III.III: Now thou mayst tell [mayest] III.III Footnote 39: _Pœmenis._ [Parmenis] III.III: Leucon,[46] with snow-white hair [Luecon] --: her Cyprian brother, Harpalus,[52] [Harpaulus] --: Lachne,[54] with a wire-haired body [white-haired] _Bell text was substituted, but Latin simply has “hirsuta”_ --: and Hylactor,[57] [Hylector] III.III, Footnote 56: Ver. 224. [254] III.V: become a woman from a man [became] _participle: “having become”_ III.VI: with the nearer flame did she burn _word “did” illegible_ III.VII: grief is taking away [has taken] _reading “has taken” would require a metrically impossible Latin “adēmit” for “adĭmit”_ III.VIII, Footnote 89: placed in the number of the Constellations [the number of Constellations] III.VIII: ‘Lo! we are here,’ says Opheltes, my chief mate [Ophletes] --: this Alcimedon approved of [Alcemedon] --: now confessing that he has offended [had offended] III.VIII Exp: ... tore him in pieces. Pausanias, however ... [to pieces, Pausanius] --: The story ... is supposed by Bochart [Bochârt]

IV.I Footnote 1: ... Pausanias says that the Bœotians [Pausanius] IV.I Footnote 8: _Thyoneus._ [Phyoneus] IV.I: the grass wet with rime [went] --: they determine, in the silent night [determined] --: The arrangement suits them [arrangements] --: the most unhappy cause and companion [anhappy] IV.I Footnote 22: _The lead decaying._ _footnote marker missing_ IV.II Syn: the intrigue between Mars and Venus [betwen] IV.II: nor {yet} Clytie [not] IV.II Footnote 37: Abas, Acrisius, Danaë, Perseus [Danae, Persus] IV.II: with her twirling spindle [with twirling spindle] IV.V Footnote 48: (laborabat) ... ‘auxiliares.’ [(laborat) ... ‘auxiliaries.’] IV.VII: And what madness can do [what madness man can do] _“madness” is the grammatical subject: “quidque furor valeat”_ IV.VII Footnote 57: These were the Furies [furies] IV.VII Footnote 63: Tisiphone importuna [importune] IV.VII Exp: by whom he had Helle and Phryxus [Phrysus] IV.VIII Exp: Bochart says [Bochard] _last letter of “Bochart” illegible in Bell_ IV.X: Soon as the descendant of Abas beheld her [So soon as] _Bell wording adopted for consistency_ --: When he has lighted {on the ground} _“on the ground” not italicized_ IV.X Footnote 84: præpetes [præptes] IV.X: on the silent plain [on the salient plain] _“salient” is clearly wrong, but “silent plain” is also an odd translation of “vacuo ... arvo”_ IV.X Exp: more common than it had been before [more common that]

V.I: both by his merits and his words [its merits] V.I Footnote 7: _Syene._ ... (Book i. Ep. 5, l. 79) _text reads “Book i. Ep. i. 79”; in the Bell printing the letter “l” is damaged and could be misread as “i”_ V.I: thou, both her uncle and her betrothed [though, both] V.I Footnote 8: a swingeing bowl [swinging] V.I: the middle of the neck {of Pettalus} [Pattalus] V.II Footnote 32: Ver. 302. [303] V.III Footnote 43: pressed down by Lilybœum [Lilybæum] V.IV: both her mother and her companions,[48] [and companions] V.IV Footnote 50: _The Palici._ [Palaci] V.IV Footnote 51: Dionysus [Dionysius] _the names “Bacchius” and “Bacchus” in the same footnote are each correct as printed_ V.IV Footnote 57: Cinnus [Cinus] V.IV Footnote 61: tunc denique raptam Scisset [raptum] _Bell also has “tum” for “tunc”; both words are valid_ V.IV Exp: the Isis of the Egyptians [the Isis of Egyptians] --: the following circumstance: [circumstances:] V.V Syn: Ceres proceeds in a fruitless search [the fruitless] --: The Sirens have wings [rings] V.V: it is {a mark of} affection [a {mark of}] V.V: Footnote 67: The Greek name of a lizard being ἀσκάλαβος [a lizard ἀσκάλαβος] V.VI: Erymanthus and Elis [Eyramanthus] --: Ho, Arethusa! Ho, Arethusa! _text reads “Ho, Arethusa! Ho, Ar-/thusa!” at line break_ V.VI Exp: the oracle of Delphi [at Delphi] V.VII: entrusted {to him} [to {him}] V.VII Exp: which signified either ‘a winged dragon,’ or ‘a ship fastened with iron nails or bolts.’ [signifies ... nails and bolts] --: explainer of the mysteries of Eleusis [Eleusi]

VI.I Footnote 3: the purple [purples] VI.I Exp: unless we should prefer [he] --: St. Augustine [Augustin] --: calling their attention to agricultural pursuits [agricultual] --: had himself taken the figure _text has “the // the” at page break_ --: numerous in the interior of Africa [is the] VI.II: what {I wish} may fall upon herself [what I {wish}] --: their wonted exercise {of riding} [of {riding}] VI.III: her suckling breasts [sucking] VI.IV: after he had drawn his clothes from his shoulder towards his breast [shoulders] _The Latin reads “... umeroque suas a pectore [or: ad pectora] postquam / deduxit [or: diduxit] vestes ebur ostendisse sinistro”. It is possible to construct a Latin variation that would translate as “from his shoulders”, but editorial or typographic error is a much likelier explanation._ VI.IV Exp: Livy and Quintus Curtius [Quintius] --: Marsyas may have been rash enough [Maryas] VI.V: beyond what is becoming [his] VI.VI: forced {from her} [{from} her] --: from excess of affection [from the excess] VI.VII Footnote 73: and in the Art of Love [and the Art ...]

VII.I: {is wont} to increase [is {wont}] VII.II: a counterfeited quarrel [counterfeit] --: the guards together with their king [with the king] _Latin “rege suo”_ --: they turn away their eyes [they, turning away their eyes] _Latin “oculosque reflectunt”_ VII.III Footnote 62: ... This was not Thessalian Tempe _“w” in “was” invisible_ VII.III Footnote 69: who was said to have lived there [who was to have] VII.III Exp: the young princess perished in the greatest misery _text has “in / in” at line break_ --: the account of the women of Cos being changed [accounts] VII.IV Footnote 75: dragged from Tartarus by Hercules [Herculea] VII.IV Footnote 86: Anaphe [Anophe] VII.V Syn: the island of Ægina [islands] VII.V: the grandson of Asopus says, “Thou askest in vain [asketh] --: the souls of sons, and of husbands [the souls of the sons] VII.VI Exp: gave occasion to the report [of the report] VII.VII Syn: discovering his suspicions [suspicion] VII.VII: {standing} in the middle [{standiny}] VII.VIII Exp: as Apollodorus tells us [tell]

_Corrections made by McKay, with Bell/Bohn text shown in brackets_

III.VI Exp: phenomenon (_two occurrences_) _Bell spells “phœnomenon” (error for “phænomenon”)_ IV.IV Exp: beloved by Smilax [Simlax] IV.V heading: _Bell misprints “Fable IV”_ IV.VII Exp: Learchus and Melicerta [Melacerta] V.I Footnote 17: _Now deceived._ [How deceived] _footnote marker missing in Bell_ VI.II Exp: Valerius Flaccus relates the sorrow of Clytie [Clyte] VI.VI Exp: the ancients thereby portrayed [pourtrayed] VI.VII Footnote 74: _The Ciconians._ _footnote marker missing in Bell_ VII.II Footnote 40: _And his hair._ _footnote marker missing in Bell_

_Variations_

The readings listed here are “wrong” in the sense that they are different from what is found in the Bell/Bohn text, but they are acceptable translations of the Latin. The Bell text is shown in brackets.

III.II: The Earth, too, scraped with the scales [his scales] --: nor engage thyself in civil war [a civil war] --: the youths ... beat with throbbing breast [breasts] III.III: to bathe her virgin limbs in clear water [the clear water] III.VIII: in vain try to restrain him [strive] --: I made observations with my eyes [observation] IV.I: the Sun, with its rays [his rays] IV.VII: foam formed in the hollowed deep [hallowed] _The Latin has at least three variant readings: “in medio ... profundo”, “immenso ... profundo” and “dīo profundo”. Riley’s translation must have been based on the “dio” reading._ IV.X: the name both of her country and herself [... of the country and of herself] V.IV: grasp {in your hand} [{in your hands}] _the Latin has only the verb “prendere” (grasp)_ V.VI: thy darts enclosed in a quiver [the quiver] VI.III: oft to sit on the bank of the pool [often] VI.V: delay will be tedious to me, and [to me. And] VI.VI: she prepared for a horrible deed [horrid] VII.II: to go far thence [afar]

_Unusual or Inconsistent Spellings and Name Forms_

Dieresis is unpredictable in both editions; forms such as “Phaeton”, “Ocyrrhöe” and “Danäe” are common, and have been silently corrected. Since the ligatures “æ” and “œ” are used consistently, dieresis can be assumed even when not explicitly indicated.

_Unless otherwise noted, comments apply to both texts._

III.VIII Footnote 92: the buccanier Morgan IV.VIII Exp: they beheld stedfastly V.II, VI.V: villany

Cæus, Calisto, Lilybœus, Phyale, Phryxus, Progne
_these forms are used consistently; the original forms are Cœus
(Κοιος), Callisto (Καλλιστω), Lilybæus (Λιλυβαιος), Phiale (Φιαλη),
Phrixus (Φριξος), Procne (Προκνη). Note that in the main text, the
name “Callisto” is never used, probably on metrical grounds._
Damasicthon, Erectheus _and similar_
_spellings in “-cth-” used consistently in place of “-chth-” (-χθ-).
Achæa/Achaia; Ethiopia/Æthiopia; Phocea/Phocæa; Proserpine/Proserpina
_both forms occur, with McKay text following Bell in all cases_

_Greek_

_Most errors in Greek words can be attributed to a typesetter who did not know Greek. Errors and omissions in diacritical marks have been silently corrected; only the more significant errors are listed._

I.VII Footnote 47: ἐν τῇ ἔρα ναίειν [ἵρα ναιειν (McKay)] II.XII Footnote 84: δέξαι [δεζαί (McKay)] II.XIV Exp: Ἑλλωτὶς _both texts read Ἐλλωτὶς with smooth breathing_ III.III Footnote 50: θοὸς _both texts read θοὺς_ III.IV Exp: Πανβασίλεια [Πανβασιγεια (McKay)] III.VI Footnote 68: Λείριον [Λείοιον (McKay)] III.VIII Footnote 86: ἀκοίτης _McKay reads ἁκόιτης with rough breathing; both have misplaced accent_ III.VIII Footnote 87: ὠλέναι _both texts read ωλήναι; McKay has initial ώ for ὠ_ IV.I Footnote 5: Εὐοῖ Βάκχε, ὦ Ἰακχε, Ιώ Βάκχε, Εὐοῖ σαβοῖ _text given as printed; exact form (with consistent capitalization) is probably Εὐοῖ Βάκχε, Ὦ Ἴακχε, Ἰώ Βάκχε, Εὐοῖ σαβαῖ_ IV.I Footnote 6: λύειν [κύειν (McKay)] V.II Footnote 31: χαῖρε, χαῖρε [χαῖρε, χσἴρε (McKay)] VII.VI Footnote 105: πελειαδαι _text unchanged, but intended form is probably πελειάδες_ VII.VI Exp: μύρμηξ [μύρμης (McKay)]

_Punctuation_

_The McKay (Philadelphia) edition sometimes uses double quotes where the Bell (London) edition used single quotes. These are not individually noted; neither is variation between colons and semicolons, and random use of commas. Invisible punctuation at line-end has been supplied from Bell._

_Shared errors and irregularities in punctuation_

IV.VII Footnote 69: _Guiltless granddaughter._
_both print “grand-daughter” with anomalous hyphen_
VI.III: ‘Young man, there is no mountain Divinity for this altar....
_This embedded single quote was apparently abandoned by the editor;
each double quote for the remainder of the Fable should be accompanied
by a single quote._

I.XII Footnote 80: quod amor non est / medicabilis herbis.’ IV.I: our words to our loving ears.’ IV.IV: I will entertain your minds with a pleasing novelty.” IV.X: {if} preserved by my valor.” IV.X: those snakes which she {thus} produced.” V.II: oft have the Gods above entered more humble cottages.’ V.II: Let the Nymphs decide the contest.” _close quote missing in all_

_Punctuation errors introduced in McKay edition_

[Verso of title page] Sherman & Co., Philadelphia _period invisible_ [General Introduction] about, ninety miles from Rome _here and elsewhere, commas are as in the original_ I.VI Exp: for it repenteth me that I have made them.’” [made them’] _Bell omits quotes for Biblical citation_ III.III: Thoüs,[50] [Thoüs,[50],] IV.II: and he, no longer delaying [and, he,] --: ‘I am he .... thou art pleasing to me.’ [‘I am .... to me.”] IV.VII: with newly formed wings? [wings!] V.VI: Why art thou, Arethusa, a sacred spring?’ _missing close quote_ V.VI Exp: a mere fable; [fable!] VI.II: she says, “What madness is this _missing open quote_ --: exult and triumph, my victorious enemy. But why victorious? [enemy, But why v’ctorious?] VI.III: hold out their little arms from my bosom’ _missing close quote_ VII.IV Exp: Egyptian notions on the future state of man. [of man,] VII.V Syn: the surprising manner in which it had been re-peopled. _invisible hyphen_ VII.V: says Cephalus:[99] “and I pray _missing open quote_ --: not room sufficient for the tombs, nor trees for the fires.” _missing close quote_ VII.VI: shall have changed to the South.” _missing close quote_

_Footnote Numbers_

_Errors in McKay edition_

Bk. I, ll. 516-531 (Fable I.XII)
Footnotes on this page were printed as 66-69 instead of 76-79
(e-text note numbers 78-81); other pages were not affected.
Bk. IV, note 17*.
The footnote tag was numbered as a second 17; the note itself was
numbered the first of two 18.

_Adjustments_

In the original text-- both editions-- footnote numbers began from 1 in each Book, and started over when the count passed 99. Almost all Books had duplications in the sequence, usually in the form “17*”. In this e-text, footnotes have been renumbered consecutively within each Book, without duplication; Books I and VII continue past 100.

Interpolations:
Bk. I: 51*, 67*
Bk. II: 4*, 71*
Bk. III: 72*, 88*
Bk. IV: 17*, 37*, 77*
Bk. V: 46*, 76*
Bk. VI: (no change from original sequence)
Bk. VII: 4*, 73*, 2* (second series)

_Line Numbers (printed as page headers)_

Line numbers in the McKay edition were generally correct, although different from those in Bell due to changes in pagination. Some book numbers in the McKay edition were misprinted:

[II. 550-564] _printed as Bk. XV_
[II. 605-632] _printed as Bk. XV_
[II. 632-651] _printed as Bk. XIV_
[II. 652-675] _printed as Bk. XV_
[II. 676-693] _printed as Bk. XV_
[IV. 233-237] _printed as Bk. I_
[V. 95-123] _printed as Bk. IV_
[V. 123-151] _printed as Bk. IV_
[V. 350-373] _printed as Bk. IV_