Purser—On a London WS. of Cicero’s Letlers. 385 
was the original of the Hittorpianus. The relations of the uss, may 
be represented in the following figure :— 
x 
| 
| | 
M Y 
| 
| | 
Harl. Pal. Sext. Erf. 
| 
Hittorp. 
AVE AE ales 
It will be necessary now to examine specially some of the doubtful 
passages throughout the last eight books of the Letters, and to sce 
how far we can be influenced by the reading of the Y family. We 
shall find that family quite inferior to M, but still independent wit- 
nesses. The chief fault of Y is the insertion of small words which are 
not required. 
1x. 1.2. WUidebam enim mihi cum me in res turbulentissimas infi- 
delissimis sociis demissum, praeceptis illorum non satis paruisse M ; 
uidebant enim me in res. . . infidelissimis sociis demissum, &c., H 
If we read widebam for videbant in H, we get the right reading; 
though it is hard to account for the addition in M. Perhaps eum is 
for tum, and the mihi arose by dittographia of enz. 
ix. 1. 2. transiturum M, vu/g.: sciturum H, and one ms. of 
Guilielmus; Pal. Sext. reads laturum. The reading of M is cer- 
tainly the lectio difficiior; and it is hard to account for the other 
variants except by supposing them to be emendations. 
1x. 1.2. diuidetur M; uideatur conj. Cratander; diiudicetur H, 
Pal. Sext. rightly. 
1x. 6.2. ut utrobique vulg.; utar ubique M; ubi utrique Graev ; 
utrobique (omitting wt) H. This reading suggests utrub’; and we 
may suppose que (qg,) to have arisen by dittographia from the succed- 
ing guid (q). 
1x. 6. 8. otiosi si minabantur M; otiosissimi minabantur H, 
rightly ; thus confirming a conjecture of Baiter, ¢f. 1x. 5. 2, seuerita- 
tem otiosorum. That the Pompeians were inactive, and at the same 
time threatened to take severe vengeance on those who did not join 
them, is pointed out in detail in Professor Tyrrell’s edition of Cicero’s 
Correspondence, 1*, p. 103. 
