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of Guido, which says that Terranova, on the S. coast of Sicily, was also called 'columpne Herculis,' and Gorra suggests that this was the place whence Guido derived his name 'delle Colonne.' At any rate, Guido was much interested in these 'columns'; see Lydgate, Siege of Troye, fol. M 4. I think _Tropæus_, from Gk. [Greek: tropaia], may refer to these _columnæ_; or Guido may have been connected with _Tropea_, on the W. coast of Calabria, less than fifty miles from Messina, where he was a judge.

[52] 'Homerus ... fingens multa que non fuerunt, et que fuerunt aliter transformando'; Prologus. See the E. translation in the Gest Hystoriale, or alliterative Troy-book, ll. 38-47; Lydgate, Siege of Troye, fol. B 2.

[53] See allit. Troy-book, ll. 60-79.

[54] See allit. Troy-book, ll. 3922-34; Lydgate, Siege of Troye, fol. F 3, back.

[55] MS. penatos.

[56] The mention of Escaphilo, i.e. Ascalaphus, in