³⁶³⁸ Virg., A. ii. 774.

³⁶³⁹ Over Hannibal, b.c. 216. Jerome is quoting from Cicero, Brutus, III.

³⁶⁴⁰ The reference is to the siege of the Capitol by Brennus and the Gauls, b.c. 390.

³⁶⁴¹ See note on Letter LXXIX.

³⁶⁴² i.e. Juliana and Proba, the mother and grandmother of Demetrias.

³⁶⁴³ Luke xvi. 9.

³⁶⁴⁴ i.e. Olybrius, the father of Demetrias.

³⁶⁴⁵ Horace, Carm. iii. 3. 7, 8.

³⁶⁴⁶ Job 1. 16.

³⁶⁴⁷ Job vii. 1.

³⁶⁴⁸ Matt. iv. 1, sqq.

³⁶⁴⁹ Gen. xxii. 1.

³⁶⁵⁰ Rom. v. 3-5.

³⁶⁵¹ Rom. viii. 35, Rom. viii. 36.

³⁶⁵² Isa. xxviii. 9, 10, LXX.

³⁶⁵³ Rom. viii. 18.

³⁶⁵⁴ Heraclian, Count of Africa.

³⁶⁵⁵ Honorius.

³⁶⁵⁶ i.e. Pluto, king of the lower world.

³⁶⁵⁷ Sabinus, the son-in-law of Heraclian.

³⁶⁵⁸ Virg., A. x. 79.

³⁶⁵⁹ Jerome here apostrophizes Heraclian.

³⁶⁶⁰ Alaric the Goth.

³⁶⁶¹ Reading dedignatus for dignatus.

³⁶⁶² Virg., A. iii. 435.

³⁶⁶³ Matt. xiii. 25.

³⁶⁶⁴ Cant. iii. 1: Cant. i. 7.

³⁶⁶⁵ Ps. lxiii. 8.

³⁶⁶⁶ Jer. xvii. 16, LXX.

³⁶⁶⁷ Nu. xxiii. 21, LXX.

³⁶⁶⁸ i.e. The Indian Ocean.

³⁶⁶⁹ Matt. viii. 12.

³⁶⁷⁰ Joh. viii. 12.

³⁶⁷¹ Matt. v. 25, Matt. v. 26.

³⁶⁷² Matt. xii. 36.

³⁶⁷³ Eccles. x. 4. Jerome takes `the ruler0' to be the devil.

³⁶⁷⁴ Ps. xl. 2.

³⁶⁷⁵ Ps. civ. 18.

³⁶⁷⁶ Gen. iii. 16.

³⁶⁷⁷ Cant. ii. 16.

³⁶⁷⁸ Rev. xiv. 4.

³⁶⁷⁹ Eccles. ix. 8.

³⁶⁸⁰ Cant. ii. 1.

³⁶⁸¹ Matt. x. 23.

³⁶⁸² Ps. cxlii. 4.

³⁶⁸³ Ps. civ. 18.

³⁶⁸⁴ Isa. xi. 6-8.

³⁶⁸⁵ Eccles. x. 4.

³⁶⁸⁶ Prov. iv. 23.

³⁶⁸⁷ Ps. xix. 12-14.

³⁶⁸⁸ Ps. cxxxvii. 9.

³⁶⁸⁹ Ps. xix. 13.

³⁶⁹⁰ Nu. xiv. 18.

³⁶⁹¹ Amos i. 3.

³⁶⁹² Exod. xii. 23, Exod. xii. 20.

³⁶⁹³ Ps. lvii. 7, Ps. lvii. 8.

³⁶⁹⁴ Isa. xxiii. 15, Isa. xxiii. 16.

³⁶⁹⁵ See Letter CXXII.

³⁶⁹⁶ 1 Cor. ix. 27.

³⁶⁹⁷ Rom. vii. 24, Rom. vii. 18, Rom. vii. 19.

³⁶⁹⁸ Rom. viii. 8, Rom. viii. 9.

³⁶⁹⁹ Ps. lxix. 10.

³⁷⁰⁰ Ps. cii. 9.

³⁷⁰¹ Ps. xxxv. 13, Vulg.

³⁷⁰² Deut. viii. 3.

³⁷⁰³ Joh. xiii. 15: 1 Pet. ii. 21.

³⁷⁰⁴ Matt. iv. 1.

³⁷⁰⁵ Rom. xvi. 20.

³⁷⁰⁶ Matt. iv. 3.

³⁷⁰⁷ Lev. xxiii. 27, Lev. xxiii. 29.

³⁷⁰⁸ Job xl. 16. Cf. Letter XXII.

³⁷⁰⁹ Jas. iii. 6, R.V. marg.

³⁷¹⁰ Hos. vii. 4, Vulg.

³⁷¹¹ Eph. vi. 16.

³⁷¹² Song of the Three Holy Children, 24.

³⁷¹³ Dan. iv. 16, Dan. iv. 25, Dan. iv. 32.

³⁷¹⁴ Lev. xxv. 8.

³⁷¹⁵ Dan. iii. 25.

³⁷¹⁶ Acts ix. 15.

³⁷¹⁷ 1 Cor. vii. 25.

³⁷¹⁸ See Letter CVIII.

³⁷¹⁹ Mhden 'agan quoted by Terence (Andria, 61).