FOOTNOTES:

[55] The relinquishing of the religious habit and office, for that of the secular clergy.

[56] Rev. xvii. 2.

[57] A certain declaration of the clergy of France in relation to the infallibility of the pope.

[58] That is to say, not by the Holy Office in Rome.

[59] To quit the monastic life, and to live as a simple priest. See note to p. 189.

[60] It were devoutly to be wished the latter knew as much.

[61] Matt. xx. 21.

[62] Matt. xx. 25-27.

[63] Ephes. iv. 11.