NOTES TO CANTO XI.
Xenocrates would not have been more chaste.
Stanza iii. line 2.
Xenocrates was a disciple of Plato, famous for his continence.
This is the ring, &c.
Stanza iv. line 1.
All the adventures contained in this and the following stanza are to be found in the Innamorato, from her first adventure in France and casting the magic sleep upon Malagigi to the stealing of her ring by Brunello in the citadel of Arbracca.
Or flying Galatæa, &c.
Stanza xii. line 3.
Meaning, I suppose, Ovid’s Galatæa flying from Polyphemus.
