Aratus of Soli: Phenomena and Weather Signs

demanded. For the subject matter treated by Germanicus is such that you can not infrequently define what must necessarily be read, even if a conjecture is not supported by the authority of any codex, or if the readings of the codices and editions are repugnant to it. Therefore, for my part, I have not only revised the text of Germanicus, which I have given to be printed for this work from the Morellian edition (Paris, 1559, 4to), against the Grotian text, which differs little from the Morellian, but I have also accepted many emendations brought forward by Grotius in his notes, though not without good reason. Sometimes I have also departed from the Grotian reading and have either retained the vulgate or ordered into the text my own conjecture, which seemed more probable. In general, I considered it better to present the fragments of Germanicus in such a way that they would at least contain a sound meaning, even if the sincerity of the reading might be doubted, than to preserve an ancient reading devoid of any meaning. I have added, moreover, fragments