[205] Pudicitia.
[206] St. Ambrose, ubi supra.
“Æterne Rector, divide januas,
Cœli, obserratas terrigenis prius,
Ac te sequentem, Christe, animam voca,
Cum virginalem, tum Patris hostiam.”
Prudentius, περι στεφ 14.
[208] This was the usual practice, to behead out of the gate, at the second, third, or fourth mile-stone; but it is clear from Prudentius and other writers that St. Agnes suffered at the place of trial, of which we have other instances.
[209] Prudentius.
[210] St. Ambrose.
[211] Prudentius mentions that a sudden fall of snow shrouded thus the body of St. Eulalia lying in the Forum. Ubi sup.
[212] Red paint.
[213] Revenge.