Ipsa dies alios alio dedit ordine luna Felices operum;
quintam fuge, etc.
130 – Days immediately following the Kalends, Nones or Ides,
considered unlucky by the Romans. See A. Gellius, v. 17.
What the ‘Egyptian days’ were is not ascertained.
131 – This is the ordinary phrase for the day of the lunar month.
See Bright Early Engl. Ch. Hist. p. 195.
132 – S. Ambrose’s Latin is ‘mensis novorum.’ The LXX has ἐν
μηνὶ τῶν νέων. The Vulgate ‘in mense novarum frugum.’