p. 13. l. 15. _read_ the wind. p. 15. l. 16. _read_ fight. p. 60. l. 4. _read_ Shoes. p. 95. l. 17. _read_ whilst all. p. 112. l. 9. _read_ of my Love.
[ Transcriber's Note: The listed errata appear to belong to the translation of Theocritus, not included in this reprint. The following uncorrected words in the Rapin text are probably misprints:
p. 9 dissetation. p. 17 mannes. p. 24 theefore. p. 25 stifes. p. 44 finessess [uncertain reading]. p. 64 Viogil. ]
Rapin's _Discourse of Pastorals_ was first published in Latin, with his eclogues, under the title: Eclogae, cum dissertatione de carmine pastorali. Parisiis, apud S. Cramoisy, 1659.
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