Chapter VII: Part 7

Page 278.—“_The white garment she wore, and the ring of gold on her finger._”—See, for the custom among the early Christians of wearing white for a few days after baptism, _Ambros. de Myst._—With respect to the ring, the Bishop of Lincoln says, in his work on Tertullian, “The natural inference from these words (_Tertull. de Pudicitiâ_) appears to be that a ring used to be given in baptism; but I have found no other trace of such a custom.”

Page 280.—“_Pebbles of jasper._”—v. _Clarke_.

Ib.—“_Stunted marigold_,” _&c._—“Les _Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum_ et _Zygophyllum coccineum_, plantes grasses des déserts, rejetées à cause de leur âcreté par les chameaux, les chèvres, et les gazelles.” _M. Delile upon the plants of Egypt._

Page 281.—“_Antinoë._”—v. _Savary_ and _Quatremere_.

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 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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FOOTNOTES

1 The description, here alluded to, may also be found, copied
_verbatim_ from Sethos, in the “Voyages d’Anténor.”—“In that
philosophical romance, called ‘La Vie de Séthos,’” says Warburton,
“we find a much juster account of old Egyptian wisdom, than in all
the pretended ‘Histoire du Ciel.’” _Div. Leg._ book 4. sect. 14.

2 A cross was, among the Egyptians, the emblem of a future life.

3 “On s’étoit même avisé, depuis la première construction de ces
demeures, de percer en plusieurs endroits jusq’au haut les terres
qui les couvroient; non pas, à la vérité, pour tirer un jour qui
n’auroit jamais été suffisant, mais pour recevoir un air salutaire,
&c.”—_Sethos._

4 Osiris.

5 In the language of Plato, Hierocles, &c. to “restore to the soul its
wings,” is the main object both of religion and philosophy.

6 See an account of this sensitive tree, which bends down its branches
to those who approach it, in M. Jomard’s Description of Syene and
the Cataracts.

7 The province of Arsinoë, now Fioum.

8 In the original the discourses of the Hermit are given much more at
length.

9 A rank, resembling that of Colonel.

10 “Une de ces couronnes de grain de corail, dont les vierges martyres
ornoient leurs cheveaux en allant à la mort.” _Les Martyrs._

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Variations in hyphenation (e.g. “daybreak”, “day‐break”, “overhead”, “over‐head”) have not been changed.

In the notes, some references are to the wrong pages or out of sequence.

Other changes, which have been made to the text:

page 32, “alrea d” changed to “already”
page 81, “stirke” changed to “strike”
page 93, “grashopper” changed to “grasshopper”
page 188, quote mark added before “The state of misery”
page 194, “decome” changed to “become”
page 312, quote mark added before “There is, to the north of
Memphis”