P. 221, l. 26. Barcoseba, or Barcochebas, a Jewish impostor who claimed to be the Messiah, a.d. 135.
P. 222, l. 3. Curse of the Greeks, no doubt against those Heretics who tried to discover the exact date of the end of the world.
P. 225, l. 19. Quia non cognovit. The quotation is modified from 1 ad Cor. i. 21, and with the important omission of the final word "credentes."
P. 226, l. 24. Quod ergo ignorantes quæritis. Adapted from Act. Ap. xvii. 23. Quod ergo ignorantes colitis ego annuncio vobis.
P. 226, l. 28. via, veritas. Joh. xiv. 6.
P. 227, l. 12. Jaddus to Alexander. Jaddus was the Jewish High Priest, who on Alexander's invasion of Syria refused to aid him. Thereupon Alexander marched on Jerusalem. Jaddus came out to meet him in processional pomp, when the conqueror prostrated himself at his feet, saying he had seen such a man in a dream, who had promised him the Empire of Asia.
P. 228, l. 14. Archimedes, though of princely birth. Plutarch says that Archimedes was of a family allied to that of Hiero, King of Syracuse.
P. 229, l. 11. I will bless those that bless thee. Gen. xii. 3. Benedicam benedicentibus tibi.
P. 229, l. 13. Parum est ut. Is. xlix. 6. Parum est ut sis mihi servus ad suscitandas tribus Jacob et faeces Israel convertendas. Ecce dedi te in lucem gentium.
P. 229, l. 15. Non fecit taliter. Ps. cxlvii. 20.