Book V. 1771. 'Read Dares.' This merely means that Guido cites Dares as his

authority for the mighty deeds of Troilus. In Book XXV, I find:--'_Scripsit

enim Dares_, quod illo die _mille_ milites interfecit [Troilus] ex Grecis';

cf. l. 1802 below. So in the allit. Troy-book, ll. 9877-9:--

'As _Dares_ of his dedis duly me tellus,

A thowsaund thro knightes throng he to dethe,

That day with his dynttes, of the derffe Grekes.'

So Lydgate, Siege of Troye, fol. U 3, back:--

'And, as _Dares_ wryteth specyally,

A thousand knightes this Troyan champyowne

That day hath slayne, rydyng vp and downe,

As myne auctour Guydo lyst endyte;

_Saue after hym_, I can no ferther wryte.'

I. e. he only knew of Dares through the medium of Guido. In fact, Dares

(capp. 29, 31, 32) has 'multos,' not 'mille.'