Note 3 — JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON (continued 4)

The reference here seems to be to lines 13 sqq. (Basle edition of the Opera, 1581.) Possibly inde stood originally at the beginning of line 20, for ecce. There is much evidence, throughout the letter, to the effect that Petrarch either had before him a slightly different text from that known to us or merely reviewed the eclogue hastily and then trusted to his memory or impressions while writing.