The Birthday Book (De Die Natali)

I provided a fuller review, so that a judgment about their nature could be easily made; later I only mentioned fewer. Therefore, nothing can be concluded about these from the silence. Next, I named the authors of the emendations, and I also brought up other conjectures put forward by learned men according to custom, yet I did not think I should waste time in refuting useless ones or in commending those which I held to be true, whether they proceeded from me or someone else, since the matter is usually open and does not require an interpreter. Nor did I judge it to be my business to explain the things with which Censorinus deals, but rather I thought the reader's convenience would be satisfied if I had briefly noted where more accurate information could be sought. Finally, I added an index, not indeed of all words, which seemed to be hardly necessary for such a writer, but one which would include the most necessary ones.