From the interpolation of Fulgentius we may hazard the opinion that the beginning of the fragments, as we possess them (Chapters 1 to 26), form part of Book Fourteen. He manipulated my member for a long time, but all in vain. XXX (On catching sight of us, they attempted to seduce us with paederastic wantonness, and one wretch, with his clothes girded up, assaulted Ascyltos, and, having thrown him down upon a couch, attempted to gore him from above. He had experienced the utmost difficulty in deciphering the letters, and finally, driven by curiosity, had retained a copyist and had it copied out. Friedlaender, in bracketing Cumis, has not taken this sufficiently into consideration. We today, even though standing upon the very spot in Melos where the Venus was unearthed, would
