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.'