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and one that might easily drop out after equitum. The reading, 
xxx. = 80,000, found in some mss. (see Manutius), is extravagantly 
large. 
x1. 2.1. nisi persuasum esset nobis conscripsissemus haec tibi M ; 
non scripsissemus H; non conscripsissemus h. Either of the latter 
readings must be accepted, as the negative is imperatively required. 
It is supplied by all editors. 
xt. 2.2. putesne M; putasne H. Either would stand. Brutus is 
rather addicted to short sentences; and the asyndeton is a little awk- 
ward if we read the subjunctive. I incline to the indicative. 
xt. 4.2. Cum omnium bellicosissimis H; bellicosis M. The 
superlative is required on account of omnium. ‘The error of M is due 
to the copyist continuing at the wrong 7. 
xr. 5.1. quae maxime ortabam M'; ortabar M’; hortabar (cor- 
rected to optabam) A; optabam H. There is no manner of doubt but 
that the reading of H is right, and it has been adopted by all editors. 
It was in the archetype, which being in capitals caused the error of 
M'; and this readily led to the still further corruption of M? and its 
follower h. 
xt. 5.2. certoscio M; certe scio H. The former means ‘‘ I have 
sure knowledge ;”’ the latter ‘‘I am sure that I know.” The former 
is right. It is a most common confusion in mss. See Mr. Reid’s 
note on De Senec. § 2. 
xr. 5.2. spem reliquam nullam uideo salutis M h; reliquiam 
nullam uideo salutis H, Hittorp. Gebhard’s note on this passage is: 
‘« Hittorpianus, codex optimus ut in duobus hisce libris expertum 
bellum gerere: reliquiam nullam uideo salutis: erudite ac prisce si 
plures codices accederent.”’ I wish he had quoted an example of 
reliquia in the singular, even from an early author. But spem is in 
all the other mss.; and it is less likely to have been added than 
omitted. We had better adhere to the ordinary reading of M. 
xr. 7.8. proxime M; proximo H h. This latter form of the 
adverb is condemned by Boot on Cic. Att. 4. 18. 5. There would be 
no point in taking it as an adjective. 
x1. 7, 8. Quamobrem ad omnia ita paratus sit animatus debes 
esse M'; ita paratus seu animatus M’,h, Graev. Schiitz; ita paratus 
et animatus H, Hittorp.; ita paratus seu ita animatus (Stevech) ; ita 
paratus ita animatus (Orelli, Klotz, Baiter) ; and no doubt this is the 
correct reading to be derived from the several variants. 
elabatur 
xr. 9.1. ne aut Ventidius elaboratur M ; elaboratur H (both by 
the same hand); elabatur h. This latter is the right reading, and 
is adopted by all editors. 
x1. 9.2. Neque haec idcirco tibi scribo quod te non eadem ani- 
maduertere sclam, sed quod mihi persuasissimum est, &c. So the 
