[156] For details, see Prichard, Vol. III. pp. 137-8, and the authorities there cited.

[157] De Bello Gallico, Lib. V. cap. 14.

[158] Diodorus Siculus, Biblioth. Histor., Lib. V. cap. 31, p. 213. Encyclopædia Britannica, (8th edit.,) Vol. V. p. 375, art. Britain.

[159] Procopius, De Bello Gothico, Lib. IV. cap. 20, p. 623, D. Macaulay, History of England, Vol. I. p. 5.

[160] Macaulay, Ibid.

[161] Ibid., p. 4.

[162] Henry, History of Great Britain, (London, 1805,) Vol. IV. pp. 237, 239.

[163] Leges Regis Edwardi Confessoris, xxv. De Judeis: Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, ed. Thorpe, Vol. I. p. 453. Milman, History of the Jews, (London, 1863,) Vol. III. pp. 238, 249.

[164] Pii Secundi Commentarii Rerum Memorabilium quæ Temporibus suis contigerunt, (Romæ, 1584,) pp. 6-7.

[165] Erasmus Rot. Francisco, Cardinalis Eboracensis Medico [A. D. 1515],—Epist. 432, App.: Opera, (Lugd. Batav., 1703,) Tom. III. col. 1815. Jortin’s Life of Erasmus, (London, 1808,) Vol. I. p. 69; III. p. 44.