Note (61) — BOOK II. (continued 2)

61. Soft water, &c.) The reading in Linden is Aqua, omnia tenera, tepida, &c. but it is not probable our author would have expressed himself so loosely as to say aqua, without any epithet. By making a small change in the order of the words, we find this properly opposed to aqua dura, said in chap. XXX. to bind the belly; I have therefore read with Constantine, Cæsar, Stephens, and several others, Aqua tenera, omnia tepida, dulcia.