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Weiss 2013: “Over two-thirds of the thirty stanzas are glossed. … The principal aim is to summarize the exemplary lives of the classical and contemporary figures mentioned in the poem, especially for the benefit of female readers … Occasional clarification of doctrinal and philosophical aspects (e.g., the nature of Fortune); cited authorities include the Bible, Terence, Sallust, Livy, Statius, and Santillana’s Proverbios.”