[163] Monete Pal. and Gud. originally: see on 7. 641, whence this line is repeated.
[164] Interea = while they are sailing. It would have been more natural to place the word above: ‘let us meanwhile tell who are the companions of Aeneas.’
[165] Armet rates apparently = ‘mans the ships:’ “armare classem” 4. 299 in the general sense of equipping a fleet.