[1712] See c. 3 of this Book.
[1713] See B. xxv. c. 75.
[1714] Properly “Cælius”—the same M. Cælius Rufus who is mentioned in B. vii. c. 50. See also B. xxxv. c. 46.
[1715] “Hinc illa atrox peroratio ejus in digitum.” Sillig is probably right in his suggestion that the word “mortiferum” is wanting at the end of the sentence. Bestia was accused of having killed his wives by the contact of aconite, applied, through the agency of the finger, to the secret parts.
[1716] See B. vi. c. i.
[1717] See B. xxv. c. 75.
[1718] The hellebore. See B. xxiii. c. 75, and B. xxv c. 21.
[1719] The scorpion.
[1720] “Pard-strangle.”
[1721] See B. viii. c. 41.