Litt. : « 1 made the coward turn round

5. Litt. : « When my passage came and I not knowing it ». My passar/e seems to be an euphemism for my dcath.

6. Litt. : « So that there be no fear, it not knowing itself. »

7. The text of this phrase is most corrupt in ail the existing MSS : therefore the translation is not to be accepted without caution.