[55] Dicam nunc. Others read, die jam nunc; but Heinsius thinks it should be I iam nunc. I am the rather inclined to agree to this correction, as it renders the sense both clearer and better. According to the common reading, the passage seems destitute of consistent meaning.
Decipe. Cydippe hints at her sufferings, and the cause of them, which, according to her own account, was love. If then his love was so fatal to her, what had she not to fear from his hatred? This gives rise to her injunction, that he should still persist to deceive her; having reason to apprehend less danger from that, than if he should change his mind.This text is part of:
P. Ovidius Naso. The Epistles of Ovid, translated into English prose, as near the original as the different idioms of the Latin and English languages will allow; with the Latin text and order of construction on the same page; and critical, historical, geographical, and classical notes in English, from the very best commentators both ancient and modern; beside a very great number of notes entirely new. Anne Mahoney. edited for Perseus. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813.
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