[154] 1 Cor. ii. 7, 8, 10.
[155] Matth. xi. 25.
[156] 2 Cor. v. 6, 7.
[157] Conc. Lat. V. Bulla Apostolici regiminis.
[158] Coloss. ii. 8.
[159] Vinc. Lir. Common, n. 28.
[160] Suetonius, Pliny, and Seneca all attest the currency of this and similar jokes against Tiberius during his very lifetime.
[161] See State Papers concerning the Irish Church in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, etc. By W. Maziere Brady, D.D. London: Longmans. 1868. Page 90.
[162] Ibid. page 92.
[163] Ibid. page 91.