[805] Agricola is more general than ‘arator:’ so it is contrasted with “messor” G. 1. 316. ‘Arte,’ the reading of Med., Pal., Rom., and Gud., though giving but a poor sense, was approved by Heins.: ‘arce,’ obviously the true reading, is found in Canon. Moret. pr. and some other inferior copies. Serv. (from a mixture of glosses) explains both readings: “Quod scilicet se ‘perite’ a tempestate defendunt: tuta autem arce, quae tuetur.” ‘Arce’ generally for a place of defence, the nature of it being specified in the next line, “Aut amnis ripis” &c.
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