P.S. In confirmation of the above, I may state that I have a Bible in my
possession which bears evidence of having seen much service of this
description.
NOTES ON JEREMY TAYLOR'S LIFE OF CHRIST.
(_Eden's Edit._)
Part I. _Ad_ sect. 8. § 2. p. 166.--"It was Tertullian's great argument in
behalf of Christians, 'see how they love one another.'"--_Apol._ c. 39.
Part I. Discourse iv. § 4. p. 173.--"A cook told Dionysius the tyrant, the
black broth of Lacedæmon would not do well at Syracuse, unless it be
tasted by a Spartan's palate."--Cicero, _Tusc. D._ v. § 98. Stob. _Flor.
Tit._ 29. n. 100. Plut. _Inst. Lac._ 2. [these have been already referred
to in "NOTES AND QUERIES"]: and compare Plutarch (_Vit. Lycurgi_, c. 12.).
Part II. _Ad_ sect. 12. § 4. p. 394.--"If a man throw away his gold, as did
Crates the Theban."--Diog. Laert. vi. § 87.
Ibid. § 7. p. 395. note _b_.--"Gaudet patientia duris."--Lucan. ix. 403.
Ibid. § 16. p. 404. note _y_.--"Plato vocat puritatem [Greek: apokrisin
cheironon apo beltionon.]" _Definit._ p. 415. D.
Ibid. § 41. (on the tenth commandment) p. 446. note _z_.--"Non minus esse
turpe oculos quam pedes in aliena immittere, dixit Xenocrates."--Ælian.
_Var. Hist._ xiv. 42. Plutarch _de Curiositate_, c. 12.
Part II. Sect. 12. Discourse xi. § 5. p 451.--"Harpaste, Seneca's wife's
fool."--Seneca, _Epist_. 50.
Part II. Sect. 12. Discourse xiv. § 8. p. 496.--"Vespasian, by the help of
Apollonius Tyaneus, who was his familiar."--See Philostratus (_Vit.
Apollon._ v. 28. § 1.).
Part III. Sect. 13. Discourse xv. § 11. p. 526.--"What the Roman gave as an
estimate of a rich man, saying, 'He that can maintain an army, is
rich.'"-Cicero _Off_. I. § 25. Plutarch _Vit. Crassi_, c. 2.
Part III. Sect. 13. Discourse xvi. § 8. p. 554. note _e_.--"Hic felix,
nullo turbante Deorum; Is, nullo parcente, miser."--Lucan, viii. 707.
NOTES ON JEREMY TAYLOR'S SERMONS.
(_Eden's Edit_.)
Serm. XVIII. Part I. sect. 2. § 2.--"Alexander, that wept because he had no
more worlds to conquer."--Plutarch _de Tranquillitate Animi_, c. 4.
Serm. XXIII. Part I. p. 613.--"[Greek: ophrus hepaerkotes, kai to phronimon
zaetountes en tois peripatois.]"--Plato _Comicus apud Athenæum_, p. 103.
_d_. Lib. iii. c. 23. § 61. Cfr. Bato _Comicus apud eundem_, p. 163. _b_.
Lib. iv. c. 17. § 55.
Serm. XXIV. § 5. p. 625.--"Lysander was [Greek: panourgos]."--Plutarch,
_Lysand_. c. 7.
NOTE ON TAYLOR'S HOLY DYING.
(_Eden's Edit_.)
Cap. III. Sect. 7. § 7. p. 340.--"When men saw the graves of Calatinus, of
the Servilii, the Scipios, the Metelli, did ever any man amongst the
wisest{6} Romans think them unhappy?" Translated from Cicero (_Tusc. Disc_.
1. c. 7. § 13.)
Cap. III. Sect. 8. § 6. p. 345.--"Brutus, ... when Furius came to cut his
throat, after his defeat by Anthony, he ran from it like a girl."--Valer.
Max. ix. 13. § 3 Senec. _Epist_. 82.
J.E.B. MAYOR.
Marlborough College, May 13.
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