Humphrey Milford — Catharinae
Hvnc Librvm
Qvi Fila Eivs Carissimi
Poetae Debitam Ingenio Lavdem Expectantis
Servm Tamen Monvmentvm Esset
Annvm Aetatis XCVIII Agenti
Veteris Amicitiae Pignvs
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The editor’s endnotes refer to the page numbers of the Author’s Preface and to the first page of the Early Poems. I have therefore inserted these page numbers in round brackets: (1), (2), etc. up to (7). For pages 1 to 7 the line numbers in this electronic version are the same as those referred to in the editor’s endnotes.
After page 7 this text mainly follows the editor’s endnotes which, apart from the occasional page reference, refer to the poems by their numbers. For example:
5. Penmaen Pool
In poem 26 I have retained the larger than normal spacing between the first and second words of the eighth line.
In poem 36 I have rendered the first word of line 28 as “Óne.” In the original the accent falls on the second letter but I did not have a text character to record this accurately.
The editor’s notes contain one word and, later, one phrase from the ancient Greek; these are retained but the Greek letters have been Englished.