THE FOURTH SECTION P. 134, l. 14. “_Buxtorphius._” Johann Buxtorf the Elder (1564–1629), the greatest Christian Hebraist of his day. Professor of Hebrew at Basle. P. 136, l. 22. “_R. David Gawz._” David Gans (1541–1631), a Jewish chronicler, mathematician, and astronomer, author of _Zemach David_. He lived in Prague, and was a friend of Tycho Brahe and Keppler (Klemperer, “David Gans’s Chronikartige Weltgeschichte,” Prague, 1890). P. 136, l. 25. “_Antonius Margarita._” His name was Aaron Margalita. He was an ignorant Polish Jew, who became converted to Christianity and placed his services at the disposal of the Jew-haters (Graetz, “Geschichte,” vol. x. pp. 313–314). THE FIFTH SECTION P. 137, l. 18. “_I have held friendship with many great men._” Menasseh’s circle of Christian friends was large and distinguished. His intimacy with Rembrandt has already been referred to (_supra_, pp. 149–150). Among his other friends were Hugo Grotius, the learned family of Vossius, Episcopius, Vorstius, Meursius, Cunæus, Blondel, Chr. Arnold, Bochart, Huet, Sobierre, Felgenhauer, Frankenberg, Mochinger, and Caspar Barlæus. P. 137, l. 23. “_Many verses in my commendations._” The poem by Barlæus here referred to was prefixed to Menasseh’s treatise “De Creatione” (Amsterdam, 1636), together with congratulatory sonnets by Himanuel Nehamias, Mosseh Pinto, Jona Abravanel, and Daniel Abravanel. It ran as follows:— EPIGRAMMA, IN PROBLEMATA _Clarissimi viri_ Manassis Ben-Israel, DE CREATIONE. Qvæ cœlos terrasq́; manus, spatiosaq́; Nerei Æquora, & immẽsas, quas habet orbis opes, Condiderit, mersuniq́; alta caligine mundum Iusserit imperijs ilicet esse suis: Disserit Isacides. Et facta ingentia pandit; Et nondum exhaustum contrahit arte Deum. Hîc atavos patresq́; suos & verba recenset, Sensaq́; Thalmudicæ relligiosa Scholæ. Vera placẽt, placet egregijs conatibus author, Et pietas fidei disparis ista placet. Cunctorum est coluisse Deum. Non unius æví, Non populi unius credimus, esse pium. Si sapimus diversa, Deo vivamus amici, Doctaq́; mens precio constet ubiq́; suo. Hæc fidei vox summa meæ est. Hæc crede _Menasse_. Sic ego Christiades, sic eris Abramides. C. BARLÆVS. THE SEVENTH SECTION