[Page 286].—“I have observed in my walks.”—“Je remarquai avec une réflexion triste, qu’un animal de proie accompagne presque toujours les pas de ce joli et frêle individu.”
[Page 272].—“Glistened over its silver letters.”—The Codex Cottonianus of the New Testament is written in silver letters on a purple ground. The Codex Cottonianus of the Septuagint version of the Old Testament is supposed to be the identical copy that belonged to Origen.
[Page 289].—“Some denier of Christ.”—Those Christians who sacrificed to idols to save themselves were called by various names, Thurificati, Sacrificati, Mittentes, Negatores, &c. Baronius mentions a bishop of this period (253), Marcellinus, who, yielding to the threats [pg 332]of the Gentiles, threw incense upon the altar. v. Arnob. contra Gent. lib. 7.
[Page 297].—“The clear voice with which,” &c.—The merit of the confession “Christianus sum,” or “Christiana sum,” was considerably enhanced by the clearness and distinctness with which it was pronounced. Eusebius mentions the martyr Vetius as making it λαμπροτατη φωνη.
[Page 304].—“The band round the young Christian’s brow.”—We find poisonous crowns mentioned by Pliny, under the designation of “coronæ ferales.” Paschalius, too, gives the following account of these “deadly garlands,” as he calls them:—“Sed mirum est tam salutare inventum humanam nequitiam reperisse, quomodo ad nefarios usus traducent. Nempe, repertæ sunt nefandæ coronæ harum, quas dixi, tam salubrium per nomen quidem et speciem imitatrices, at re et effectu ferales, atque adeo capitis, cui imponuntur, interfectrices.” De Coronis.
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