A J' P E N D 1 X . 



195 



Nasoni : — in exact accordance with which, tlio nnreXari]^ oi Onnian t.y"eg. L. i. 



J vs. 91. seqq. 



\ IS decked out tor the equestrian chase. 



The reader's recollection will readily supply, from authors in every 



one's hands, the use of bows and arrows,' and small darts — " excussa IVIartial. de 



Aiiipli. Cfusar. 

 iancea torta raanu, — m the early annals ot held-sports : L. xi. 



Quocirca et jaculis habilem perpendimus usum : 

 Neu leve vulnus eat, neu tit brevis impetus illi. 

 Ipsa arcu Lyci&.que suas Diana pharetia, 

 Annavit comites ; ne tela relinquite Divse, 

 Magnum opus et volucres quondam fecere sagitta;. 



Gratii Cyneg. 

 vs. 122. 



The far-famed female ally of Meleager in the attack on the Caly- 

 donian boar, 



the paragone 

 Of Lycey forest, Atalant, a goodly lady, one 

 Of Schaenyes daughters, 



claims the merit of first employing archery ; having been instructed " 

 both in KvyTjXaair) and e.v(jTo\iri by Dian herself, (see Callim. H. in 

 Dian. vs. 217.) 



"SiXoivrios irpuTT) Se kXvtt) fliryarrjp 'AroAai'Tij 

 flTjpffi <p6vov irrepoevra (ru7jj8o'A.os ivparo Kovpr). 



We are unacquainted with the form and use of many of the wea- 



Golding's 



Ovid's Me lam. 



B. VIII. 



Oppian. Cyneg. 

 L. II. 26. 



1. The decay of archery in England is feelingly deplored by Sir Thomas Elyot, 



because " in shotyng is a double utilitee : " it is " the feate, wherby Englyshmcn The (iovernour. 

 have been moste dradde and had in estimation vrith outwarde princes, as wel 

 enemyes as alies," &c. ; and secondly in " kyllynge of deere, wylde foule, and other 

 game, there is both profyte and pleasure above any other artyllery." 



2. Superior expertness in the chase — " To bend the bow, and aim unerring darts," 

 — was always attributed to the personal instructions of Diana; so was Scamandrius 

 taught, though his skill availed him nothing before the fatal lance of Menelaus : 



fffOhhv 6ripr}r^pa' SiSa^e yap "Apre/xis avri) 

 PdWeiv &ypta ndi/ra, to re Tpecpft ovpeatv i/'Atj. 

 dAA' ov ol run ye xP^'^'m' ''Aprefnis loxeaipa, 

 oiiSe eKrtPo\iat, iiaLv rh irpiv y iKfuacrro. 



Iliad. L. v. 51. 



