[17] From possessing such an article of virtu, his Eminence must surely have been of the opinion of Cardinal Bembo—that there is no sin below the navel.
Falce minax et parte tui majore, Priape, Ad fontem quæso, dic mihi, qua sit iter.—Priapeia Carm.
[19] See [note (21),] p. 11.
[20] See S. Augustine, Civ. Dei., lib. 6, cap. 9, and Lactantius De falsa religione. lib. i.
[21] See [Plate I.], figure 4. This phallus was found at Pompeii over a baker's door.
[22] Thus his statue was placed in orchards as a scare-crow to drive away superstitious thieves, as well as children and birds.
Pomarii tutela, diligens rubro Priape, furibus minare mutino.—Priapeia Carm. 73.
[23] Ind. Antiq. ii., p, 361.
[24] Ind. Antiq., vol. I., p. 247.