No More Learning

          I sought for some one who could fully explain
them to me: and having been informed of everything, I com-
posed these four books, which I dedicate as an offering to Cupid,
to the Nymphs, and to Pan; hoping that the tale will prove
acceptable to many classes of people,- inasmuch as it may serve
to cure illness, console grief, refresh the memory of him who has
already loved, and instruct him who as yet knows not what love.