[1] Matthew II: 10—T.
[2] "Buddha, or more correctly, the Buddha, for Buddha is an appellative meaning Enlightened."—Max Müller (Chips, Vol. I., 206).
[3] Luke II: 25-26.—T.
[4] Ibid II: 46-47.—T.
[5] Or, Haoma, also Hom, the sacred plant, whose fermented juice occupied an important place in the practical rites of Iran. Supposed to be the same plant known in botany as Sarcostemma viminalis. Deified in Iranian worship, like the sacred drink Soma in the Vedic hymns. The Soma was the fermented extract of the Asclepias acida or Sarcostemma ritalis. See Marius Fontane, "L'Inde Védique," "Les Iraniens."—Trans.
[6] Apuleius says, "a silken mantle."—Trans.
[7] Apuleius says, "strung with knuckle-bones of sheep."—Trans.
[8] This scene, like certain paintings in the Naples museum, is all suited for public exhibition.—Trans.
[9] Readers will recollect the lines in Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome: