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to do battle for the absolute and sole sovereignty of the monarch whose 
cause he upholds; and that sovereignty, with such a doughty defender, 
has till recently met with pretty general recognition and acceptance. 
As, however, I think that H is dependent of M, except in so far as 
both are ultimately derived from a common archetype, it will be neces- 
sary to set forth reasons for that opmion in considerable detail; and, 
accordingly, I add a long list of places where H retaims the true read- 
ing which has been corrupted in M. They are mostly small matters, 
but yet not such as would be readily corrected by a thirteenth-cen- 
tury copyist; the more important ones I shall touch on in the latter 
portion of the Paper. (The numbers refer to the pages and lines of 
Orelli’s edition (1845), Where a square bracket occurs, what is en- 
closed by it on the left is the correct reading of H; the words on the 
right, the erroneous reading of M. If no bracket occurs, the reading 
given is the erroneous reading of M.) I have followed the collation of 
M prefixed to Baiter and Kayser’s edition. 
Book [X.—143.24, ut nullam alleuationem | nullam adleuationem ; 
144. 1, infidelissimas; 5.6, ea quae] aeque; 9, diiudicetur] diuidetur ; 
13, iturum esse] iterum isse; 14, consscripsi; 15, attamen; 21, tui | 
om. M; 23, linguis; 26, cur cum | circum; sint] sunt; 145. 3, interit ; 
6, hine] hic; 7, quam H?] om. M H'; 9, athibere; 11, patius; 19, ca- 
ninio] animo; 21, cito} cita M'; 29, nostrae] nostras; 30, in re alia | 
increalia; 41, loquemus; 146. 24, ostiae] optiae; 147. 23, caninius | 
animus; 26, quod] quid; 148. 14, tui] sui; 149. 5, scilicet tibi] sci- 
licet te tibi; 9, glorii; 11, italia; 15, utilis sim erit; 41, oblitosne; 
150. 17, eo] ego; 40, uolui] om. M; 151.18, ambo] ambi M’, am- 
bos, M’; 42, quin] qui; 152. 4, teque; 7, audior; 153. 29, ad] at; 
155. 2, effungere; 156. 7, reuocare| reuore M'; 12, delibitari; 157. 
37, sigificas; 158. 5, dissertos; 20, castra] cassatra; 25, qua] quam ; 
159. 5, capitis] captis, M'; 17, carbones]| acarbones; 31, amo uerecun- 
diam ] amore cundiam M'; 160. 13, non] om. M; 162.7, maximac; 
163. 11, wiuere; 21, interpretabere, M? H interpretauere M!. 
Boox X.—164. 9, mi] me; 165. 6, poterunt] potest; 14, summa; 
31, orbitata; 166. 5, audieram] audieroam; sciui] sciis; 30, mutuo | 
multo ; 42, rursus| rusus M'; 167. 4, maioris; 32, libertatem; 35, per- 
batione M'; 168. 2, tum] tu; 39, salutis] satis; 169. 12, patiremur; 
37, accedam, consilia] accedam ad consilia; 38, ab H M?] ad M'; 
170. 33, benefici; 39, adiuua] adlua; 171.7, dignitatem; 14, exitu 
rebusque H. M'.] exitum rebus quem M*.; 15, cum tribus millibus | 
cum tria millia; 21, constiti] constituti; 22, huc] hoc; 173. 10, esset | 
est ; 18, alacem] alancem; 174, 6, optime; 8, adluandum; 9, quid] qui; 
15, forum] eorum; 30, sunt] sint; 39, huc] huic; 175. 16, iuuare | 
tuare ; 36, multos; 38, eius| es; 176. 5, posset; 6 quam] qua; 8, nam- 
que res; 22, transitu; 33, grauitatem; 177. 25, aliena leuitate | alina 
euite ; 27, scripsi quae; 178. 4, et] ex; 29, dubitauit; 179. 6, tantam 
H M’] tantum M’; 23, salutariter]| salutari; 30, celeriter me | cele- 
riter ame; 180. 27, assiduitatem; 181. 21, lepidus] iepidus; 26, ex- 
trusum | etrusum ; 182.7, nauitatem | natiuitatem ; 11, persequundun ; 
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