The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 12

Note 22 — THE FIRST BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.

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Ovid is not answerable for the speed of the stag's exertions in the water; he barely says,

Crura nec ablato prosunt velocia cervo.

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