[J] Query? "looking-glass."
[K] Craft. He means trade or profession.
[L] I think she means prejudice.
[M] Let me not be understood to apply this to the bare outline of the relation. Many bishops and priests, and not a few popes had wives and children as laymen; and entering orders were parted from the wives and not from the children. But in the case before the reader are the additional features of a strong surviving attachment on both sides, and of neighbourhood, besides that here the man had been led into holy orders by a false statement of the woman's death. On a summary of all the essential features, the situation was, to the best of my belief, unique.
[N] He was citing from Clement of Rome—
'Thy di heantôn dikaioumetha oude dia tês hêmeteras sophias, ê eusebeias, ê ergôn ôn kateirgasametha en hosiotêti kardias, alla dia tês pisteôs.'——Epist. ad Corinth., i. 32.
[O] Celibacy of the Clergy, an invention truly fiendish.
Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Archaic spelling, where recognized, such as "Ilias" for "Iliad" was retained. Corrections for others listed below. Varied hyphenation was retained. Text uses both Bergundy and Burgundy.