been broken in pieces, by the Lombards or other ancient plunderers of the Catacombs, and that the copy which we now see is one of the restorations by Pope Vigilus or some other Pontiff about that time (page 47). The copyist was so ignorant that he could only transcribe the letters which were on the spot before his eyes, and, even when he was conscious that a letter was missing, he could only leave a vacant space, being doubtful how it should be supplied. Witness the space left for the first letter of _Domino_ in the penultimate line of the inscription, and the word _in_ altogether omitted in the third line. D DAMASUS EPISCOPUS FECIT F A V M R A I S HERACLIUS VETUIT LABSOS PECCATA DOLERE, V I S P D A EUSEBIUS MISEROS DOCUIT SUA CRIMINA FLERE; I P O P N A SCINDITUR IN PARTES POPULUS, GLISCENTE FURORE; Y E S C I V SEDITIO, CÆDES, BELLUM, DISCORDIA, LITES; V L S T F O I R EXTEMPLO PARITER PULSI FERITATE TYRANNI, L A O T C Q INTEGRA CUM RECTOR SERVARET FŒDERA PACIS. A V L E V A PERTULIT EXILIUM DOMINO SUB JUDICE LÆTUS S M S A C T R O LITORE TRINACRIO MUNDUM VITAMQUE RELIQUIT. I R B S EUSEBIO EPISCOPO ET MARTYRI. I T “Heraclius forbad those who had fallen away [in times of persecution] to grieve for their sins. But Eusebius taught those unhappy men to weep for their crimes. The people are divided into parties; fury increases; Sedition, murder, fighting, quarrelling, and strife. Presently both [the Pope and the heretic] are exiled by the cruelty of the tyrant, Although the Pope was preserving the bonds of peace inviolate. He bore his exile with joy, looking to the Lord as his Judge. And on the shore of Sicily gave up the world and his life.”