[10a] Matt. ch. ii.
[10b] Afric. in Eus.
[10c] Hospini de Orig. Tempi. c. iii.
[11a] “Cum audisset (Augustus) inter pueros, quos in Syriâ Herodes rex Judæoram intra bimatum jussit interfici, filium quoque ejus occisum, ait, Melius esse Herodis Porcum esse quam Filium.” Macrob. Sat. ii. 4.
[11b] Eclogue 4th. In which the expressions relating to the Golden Age, of which he prophesied the advent, have the greatest similarity to those applied to the Messiah by Isaiah. See an admirable Essay, entitled, “Observations on 4th Eclogue.” Miller, 1810.
“Tibi quem promitti sæpius audis.” Æneid, lib. vi. 791.
[11c] Cic. Or. 3 contr. Catilin. lin. 72.
[11d] Bell. Catilin.
[11e] “Pererebuerat oriente toto vetus et constans opinio, esse in fatis, ut eo tempore Judæi profecti rerum potirentur.” Sueton. Vespasian, cap. iv. 8.
[11f] “Pluribus persuasio inerat, antiquis sacerdotum literis contineri, eo ipso tempore fore, ut valesceret oriens, profectique Judæâ rerum potirentur.” Tac. His. B. V. c. ix. 13.