[144] [Note II.]

[145] The test-oath, against popery, in which transubstantiation is formally disavowed. See [Note III.]

[146] There was a dispute among naturalists, whether sight was accomplished per emissionem vel per receptionem specierum.

[147] Dolus versatur in generalibus, was an axiom of the schools.

[148] [Note IV.]

[149] The Catholics interpret our Saviour's promise, "that he would be with the disciples to the end of the world," as applicable to their own church exclusively.

[150] [Note V.]

[151] By the doctrine of consubstantiation.

[152] Alluding to Lucan's description of the Roman civil war.

[153] [Note VI.]