15. Aurelain became Emperor in A.D. 270.

16. Vitremite: The signification of this word, which is spelled

in several ways, is not known. Skinner’s explanation, “another

attire,” founded on the spelling “autremite,” is obviously

insufficient.

17. Great part of this “tragedy” of Nero is really borrowed,

however, from the “Romance of the Rose.”

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