said to prepare the student, in a measure, for coping with the labored terseness of our author. The manuscripts of Persius are remarkable for their age, their number, and the stupid bewilderment of the transcribers. The best is the Codex Montepessulanus, or Montpellier manuscript, with which the Codex Vaticanus closely coincides; but, in the words of Jahn, Nullus Persii codex tantae auctoritatis est ut in rebus dubiis eius vestigia tuto sequaris sed semper inter complures optio eaque non raro incerta datur. A. PERSII FLACCI SATURARUM LIBER. PROLOGUS. Nec fonte labra prolui caballino, corvos poetas et poetridas picas |