{31} Our national debt is not half a quarter of this sum, being somewhat less than 800 millions sterling. Suppose an English historian had told us that a king of wealthy England had laid by money enough to pay off the national debt eight times, what would be thought of the statement? But suppose we had been told that one of the kings of Wales or of Northumbria had saved all this money for a church, would the most credulous believe it? France finds it no easy matter to raise 200 millions, and all Europe would be puzzled to find the money _instanter_, but the king of a little territory considerably smaller than Belgium managed to raise that sum thirty-five times over. {36} Ahaziah was also called Jehoahaz and Azariah. {44} See Virgil, _Geor._ i., 184, 185; _Æneid_, iv., 402–406; Horace, _Satires_, bk. i., _s._ i., 33 &c. {53} See No. IX. of this Series. {54} Ut apud Persas _Arsaces_, apud Romanos _Cæsar_, apud Egyptios _Pharao_, ita apud Judæos _Christus_ communi nomine rex appellatur. _Ps. Clem. Recog._ i., 45, p. 497.