4203. Ecclus. xxviii. 24 (28), ‘Sepi aures tuas spinis, linguam nequam noli audire.’
4213. James iii. 7, 8.
4219. Apparently a vague reference to Amos iv. 6, 9, ‘dedi vobis stuporem dentium ... Percussi vos in vento urente.’
4237. Zech. v. 5 ff.
4273. Rampone, ‘raillery,’ ‘mockery,’ cp. Ital. ‘rampognare.’
4285 ff. The idea seems to be this: ‘Contention wounded by wrath encamps in the heart in a tent of mockery, whence it issues forth through the mouth, and assisted by Slander and Defamation enlarges other men’s vices to their greatest extent, until its own wound becomes so foul that he dies who inhales its corruption.’
4369. Prov. xxvii. 6.
4381. Ecclus. xii. 16.
4387. Prov. vi. 16, 18.
4393. Cic. de Amic. 89, ‘odium, quod est venenum amicitiae.’