ll. 21–3. quis non periurae doluit mendacia puppis,

desertam vacuo Minoida litore questus,

quicquid in antiquum iactata est fabula carmen?

23 in C β et C (supra lin.) et in S.

I have yet to see a satisfactory explanation of l. 23 above. Scaliger's crimen has been unjustly ignored. If combined with the variant et it gives a good sense: ‘and whatever ancient crime is now a hackneyed tale’. For antiquum crimen Gorallus compares Mart. Lib. spect. VII, II, vicerat antiquae sceleratus crimina famae. For quicquid adjectival cf. Hor. Carm. II, 13, 9–10, et quidquid usquam concipitur nefas / tractavit, for iactata fabula cf. Ov. Am. III, 1, 21, fabula, nec sentis, tota iactaris in urbe, for quicquid et introducing a generalizing statement to end a list cf. l. 84.