About the text

The text was copied from The Odes of Casimire, (London, 1646), as reprinted by the Augustan Reprint Society (Los Angeles, 1953). The 1646 edition contains the Latin text, along with an English translation by G. Hils.

I didn't try to make a precise copy of this text: I corrected the obvious typographical errors (e.g. porcul - procul, comantnium - comantium, Lucicer - Lucifer, etc.); I made some changes in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, in the hope of improving the text's readability; and I made some more substantial changes, which have been noted below.

Verse	1646 Edition	Change	Comments
IV.3.56	itur	iter	change required by sense and meter
IV.12.8	vacuumque relustro	vacuum relustro	the line doesn't scan as is
IV.12.13	culpa	culpat	change required by sense and meter
IV.15.3	illegible	inane	a guess based on Gil's translation
IV.15.19	abstitit	absistit	change required by the meter
IV.19.9	destinet	detinet	obvious correction; supported by Gil
IV.21.13	illegible	laetus	guess based on Gil's translation
IV.21.31	saletia	solatia	obvious correction; supported by Gil