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^[1242] Ab uxoris congressione.

^[1243] i.e., at the shows of gladiators.

^[1244] [How seriously this warning should be considered in our days, when American theatricals have become so generally licentious beyond all bounds, I beg permission to suggest. See Elucidation I. p. 595, vol. v.; also Ibid., pp. 277, 575, this series.]

^[1245] Cothurnata scelera.

^[1246] Mentiuntur.

^[1247] The mimus was a species of dramatic representation, containing scenes from common life, which were expressed by gesture and mimicry more than by dialogue.

^[1248] Præfigurat, not a word of classical usage.

^[1249] [see Tertullian, vol. iii cap. 25, p. 89, this series.]

^[1250] See p. 27, supra; also vol. vi. pp. 487, 488.]

Chap. XXI.—Of the Pleasures of the Ears, and of Sacred Literature.

^[1251] [See p. 187, supra.]

^[1252] Fundati, having the foundation well laid, trained. Some read, “Ab aliquo imperito doctore fundati.”

Chap. XXIII.—De Tactus Voluptate Et Libidine, Atque de Matrimonio Et Continentiâ.

^[1253] It has been judged advisable to give this chapter in the original Latin. [Compare Clement, vol. ii. p. 259, notes 3, 7, this series.]

^[1254] [Non bene conveniunt igitur legibus divinis quæ supradicta sunt auctore nostro (vide p. 143, apud n. 2) sed hæc verba de naturâ muliebri minime imperita, esse videntur.]

Chap. XXIV.—Of Repentance, of Pardon, and the Commands of God.

^[1255] [From a lost book.]

^[1256] μετάνοια. The word properly denotes a change of mind, resulting in a change of conduct.

^[1257] Resipiscentiam. [Note the admitted superiority of the Greek.]

^[1258] Pro pietate suâ. Augustine (De Civitate Dei, x. 1) explains the use of this expression as applied to God.

^[1259] [Concerning the “planks after shipwreck,” see Tertullian, pp. 659 and 666, vol. iii., this series.]

^[1260] Virg., Æneid, vi. 128.

^[1261] Male.

^[1262] Supervacuam, i.e., useless, without an object. [P. 171. n. 2.]

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