[78] Ibid. p. 64.
[79] "Veritates magnificas in terminis aliarum scientiarum in quas per nullam viam possunt illæ scientiæ, hæc sola scientiarum domina speculativarum, potest dare." Op. Maj. p. 465.
[80] One of the ingredients of a preparation here mentioned, is the flesh of a dragon, which it appears is used as food by the Ethiopians. The mode of preparing this food cannot fail to amuse the reader. "Where there are good flying dragons, by the art which they possess, they draw them out of their dens, and have bridles and saddles in readiness, and they ride upon them, and make them bound about in the air in a violent manner, that the hardness and toughness of the flesh may be reduced, as boars are hunted and bulls are baited before they are killed for eating." Op. Maj. p. 470.
[81] Op. Maj. p. 473.
[82] Quoted by Jebb, Pref. to Op. Maj.
[83] Mosheim, Hist. iii. 161.
[84] Op. Maj. p. 57.
[85] Mosheim, iii. 161.
[86] Gratian published the Decretals in the twelfth century; and the Canon and Civil Law became a regular study in the universities soon afterwards.
[87] Tenneman, ix. 4.