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ie Pau. SExt. 
265. 16 ipso (Hispo edd.). ipse. 
265. 17  Plautius me retinet. retinet me Plancius. 
2665, tactor2 factu. 
266. 85 magis excruciant. plus excruciant. 
266. 40  conficior. conficiar. 
267. 23  spectare (expectare edd.). sperare. 
268. 2  confectam. affectam. 
269. 19 Suis 8. D. M. T. C. Suis 8. D. 
269. 80 et Tullio iam. Tulliolam. 
269. 39 cognossem. cognoscerem. 
271. 9 sed metuendus iratus est quiesce. si metuendus iratus est quiesces. 
All the above readings of H agree with Hittorp. except two, viz., 
209. 19, and the obvious mistake, et Tullio iam, for et Tulliolam, in 
269. 30. 
The full collation of the Hrfurtensis by Wunder has enabled me to 
see the connexion of H with this ms. very clearly. rf. has x1. 
29, 21; xu. 78, 79; xiv. xv. xv1. Some of the very important points 
of agreement are :—268. 23, non potes (for ut potes); 269. 19, Suis 
S. D.; 269. 25, extra idas; 272.18, 19 [per... posse | ometted ; 273.8, 
labrum sit in balneo; 273.18, tota die; 273.20, testamenti; 276. 18, 
dixissem et tamen adolescentem essem cohortatus; 278. 13, a. a. vil. ; 
283. 41, 2 [propterea . . . publice] omitted; 284. 28, paterna tua tua- 
que ; 284. 34, in ipso se te scias; 286. 36, te ornamento te mihi; 290. 21, 
mittere boni (for mi Treboni); 293. 19, te (for plane); 294. 21, scripsi 
sed si eorum; 295. 26, nocte et die illa et die postera; 298. 28, viz. ; 
300, dei lionei (for dei boni); 300, 18, ff 00 (for HS C19); 308. 17 
st] om. Yet the two mss. differ considerably. For example, Erf. 
omits the following, which are found in H :—265, 9, 10, Res quanta 
sit... fuerit; 269.12, nostrum; 283. 7, ornatus; 285. 31, omnibus; 
285. 85, publice; 295. 15, Q. F.... dicit. And further disagrees at 
268. 2, aegram et H erga E; 271. 11, miserrimas H miseris E; 
972. 33, imstituatis H imstitutos E; 276. 21, Ariarathe H ariathate 
4; 279. 37, ne geribus H generibus E. ne regibus edd.; 284. 15, 
offictis H beneficus E; 292. 11, cepisti H petisti E; 300. 381, 
cito H scito HE. 
So far, then, the conclusion which we have arrived at is that H, 
Pal. Sext., and Erf. are derived from a common archetype; and that 
most probably Hittorp. is copied from H. The last and greatest ques- 
tion rema'ns— What is the relation of H to the Medicean ? 
‘That M (the Medicean ms.) is the original from which all the other 
extant mss. of the Hpp. ad Familiares are copied is the well-known 
theory of Orelli. That scholar is like the royal champion, and is ready 
i 
27 think the reading of H is really facto, i.e. facto, with an i above the ¢. 
For here the ¢ goes far above the line, which is quite unusual, except (sometimes, 
not always) after s. 
