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[729] Ex fide.
[730] Literally, “we make faces.”
[731] Comp. The Apology, c. xxxiii., p. 37, supra, and Minucius Felix, Octavius, c. xxiii. [Vol. IV. this Series.]
[732] Comp., The Apology, c. 50 [p. 54, infra.]
[733] A virtute didicerunt.
[734] With the “piget prosequi” to govern the preceding oblique clause, it is unnecessary to suppose (with Oehler) the omission here of some verb like “erogavit.”
[735] Novitatem…dedicavit.
[736] Tertullian refers to Cleopatra’s death also in his tract ad Mart. c. iv. [See this Vol. infra.]
[737] This case is again referred to in this treatise (p. 138), and in ad Mart c. iv. [See this Volume, infra.]
[738] Eradicatæ confessionis. [See p. 55, supra.]
[739] Non invenitur.
[740] Eadem voce.
[741] Utique. The ironical tone of Tertullian’s answer is evident.
[742] Gladio ad lanistas auctoratis.
[743] We follow Oehler in giving the clause this negative turn; he renders it: “Tretet nicht aus Furcht vor dem Tode ins Kriegsheer ein.”
[744] Alicui.
[745] Jam evasit.
[746] Auctoravit.
[747] Vestiendum incendiale tunica.
[748] Inter venatorios: “venatores circi” (Oehler).
[749] “Doubtless the stripes which the Spartans endured with such firmness, aggravated by the presence of their nearest relatives, who encouraged them, conferred honour upon their family.”—Apology, c. 50. [See p. 55, supra.]
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