[212] P. 160, l. 17. Ruth.—Ruth iv, 17-22.
[213] P. 163, l. 13. History of China.—A History of China in Latin had been published in 1658.
[214] P. 164, l. I. The five suns, etc.—Montaigne, Essais, iii, 6.
[215] P. 164, l. 9. Jesus Christ.—John v, 31.
[216] P. 164, l. 17. The Koran says, etc.—There is no mention of Saint Matthew in the Koran; but it speaks of the Apostles generally.
[217] P. 165, l. 35. Moses.—Deut. xxxi, 11.
[218] P. 166, l. 23. Carnal Christians.—Jesuits and Molinists.
[219] P. 170, l. 14. Whom he welcomed from afar.—John viii, 56.
[220] P. 170, l. 19. Salutare, etc.—Genesis xdix, 18.
[221] P. 173, l. 33. The Twelve Tables at Athens.—There were no such tables. About 450 B.C. a commission is said to have been appointed in Rome to visit Greece and collect information to frame a code of law. This is now doubted, if not entirely discredited.