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xvi. 12.1. salus mea. .. atque uniuersae reip. M; salus mea 
. . . atque uniuersae senatus et reip. Erf., Hittorp., H (the latter 
adding also et (>) before senatus). The reading of Y is probably cor- 
rect. The addition is rational, and too extensive to have been made 
by the copyist. 
xvi. 12.3. accepimus M, edd.; accipimus H, Hittorp., Erf. 
Surely the reading of Y is right. The verbs from the beginning of 
the paragraph are in the present, wides . . . feruntur; and also in the 
next paragraph, spes est. 
xvi. 17.1. ddwpidnoa satis scis etueum M; satis scite. Tu eum 
H, Erf.; satis scire. Tu eum Hittorp., Pal. Sext., according to Grae- 
vius. The reading of H, Erf. is unquestionably right, and had been 
conjectured independently by Wesenberg and adopted by Baiter. 
xvi. 18.1. ztpyw M; tpt H, Erf.; tépv vulg. Even inde- 
pendently of its having mss. authority, the readiig of H and Erf. is 
the better of the two; for it is a more definite prescription, répyuy, 
‘‘amusement,”’ requiring some word like jovyor, signifying ‘“‘gentle”’ 
or ‘‘ quiet,”’ along withit; and, moreover, I is more likely to drop out 
than E. 
xvi. 21.1. aduentus adoptatissimus M; aduentus optatissimus 
edd.; exoptatissimus H, Hitt., Erf. This latter is the adjective that 
would naturally be used with such a word as aduentus: cf. Cic. Att. 
y. 15. 1, Nihil exoptatius aduentu meo. 
xvi. 24.2. Sed st. litteras tuas exspecto. So all the editors. 
Sed si, &c., M and most mss.; a few read se (=scilicet). One ms., 
according to Ursinus, has st. H has simply Sed (written 8,) ltteras 
tuas exspecto; and such I believe to be the right reading. Making all 
due allowance for the conversational tone of the letters, s¢ = ‘‘ hush”’ 
is really too colloquial. And we must notice that in the other two 
passages of Cicero’s Epistles, where editors read st, viz. Att. m. 1. 10, 
and Att. xv. 3. 1, it is found in the mss. as sz, and after sed. In 
mss. the contractions for these words are so like one another that they 
are often confused. In all three cases I believe that s? arose from 
dittographia. 
We have seen, then, reason to believe that H has preserved either 
the correct reading, or cant leads to the correct reading, in the follow- 
oF) 
ihg passages, where Mi is}in) error -——rx. 152)\-6, 35) 1132 14.6. 
15.1; 16.2; WE. UE Hie ILS PAG Cho. MLS Ge SESE ©) Bye Wats 5 
HSE 2; 18.3; 20.2; Mls Ole 7Bi5 Ge 25.1; 25.2; 27.2; 30. 3; 
Baek, XT. 2.1; 5.1; 13. 2; Wao BE Ih. 1; 21. 2: Plo Be8 PAG). l= 
pee 27. 75 28, 2. xr. 2.1; 2.3; 4,2; Oy sl 2) ooh 4a 3 
memoreers. > 19. 2:20, 0. xt 138s 6.25 7105 9, 25° 10.25 
Meee MeL Oe (2049:) 25.05 29.1. 5552 66205 70. 13. 73. Ls 
mepeeewy. 7.01 5.9501. Sox. 2.03) 4. 65 8.) Ls 10. 1 16; 2. 
maremorien Ss. 25 12.15 122 35 Biols 18.05 21.13 24..2 
