Editorial note — CASIMIRE
G. Hils translation
Introduction: The editor’s name, printed “Roestvig”, is more correctly Røstvig.
Latin: The use of œ and æ in words such as “mœstus” is in the original. Accents are variously acute ´, grave ` or circumflex ^, with no apparent difference in meaning. Some do not even mark long syllables.
English: Variation between -w- and -vv- is in the original.
Typography: In both languages, poem titles were randomly Italic or Roman. Italicization (or de-italicization) of ’s in possessives is also random.
At the beginning of p. 10 there appears to have been an accident with the Italic type trays. Almost all long s’s (ſ) on p. 10 (signature 5v), and many on p. 12 (signature 6v), are misprinted as f, except in the -st- and -ss- ligatures. Misprints are shown in red, correct forms in blue; the page thumbnails are linked to larger views. Note the one ſ-for-f error on page 12.
The printed number is retained, though it is almost certainly an error for “14” (between 13 and 15). The error may have been carried over from the source text.
In Ode 35 of Lib. 4, “Vilna” is the city (modern Vilnius, Wilna in Polish), “Vilia” the river (modern Vilnia).
Page numbers 95-96 are repeated, and the setback in numbering continues to the end of the text. The folio numbers (in duodecimo, or sets of 24 pages) remain correct.