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Rh Celadons.] Lovers who sigh in vain.

Miss Bela.] The eldest of the daughters of Krokus; of whom the historian Dubravius says, “Bela, natu filiarum maxima, herbis incantandis Medeam imitabatur.”

Medea.] In mythology, the daughter of Aetes, king of Colchis. She married Jason, who came to Colchis in quest of the golden fleece. She knew the hidden qualities of herbs and poisonous plants.

Zihim and Ohim.] See Isaiah, c. xiii., v. 19, 20, 21.

Miss Therba.] The second daughter of Krokus, of whom Dubravius says, “Terba, sive Teleba, carminibus magicis circumreddebat.” Of both together he said, “Frequens multitudinis concursus fieri, dum alii eorum formam sibi et amoris consiliare, alii cum bonâ valetudine in gratiam redire, alii res amissas recuperare cupiunt. Quâ arte ita Belam exceluisse ferunt, ut proverbii vice, in re inventâ prorsus difficili jactaretur: Ne Belam quidem reperire posse quod sit perditum. Hæc arcem Belinam, illa altera arcem Thetin, ex mercenariâ pecuniâ (nihil enim gratuite faciebant) ædificandam curavit.”