Thus the very Letter of _Liberius_ is put in the Place where the Letter of the Council of _Sardica_ to the Emperor _Constantius_ ought to have been, as is manifest from what is said immediately before it. A few Lines after, instead of the Letter from the Council of _Egypt_ to _Liberius_, which _Hilarius_ promises, we find one from _Liberius_ to the Bishops of _Italy_, written after the Death of _Constantius_ upon a quite different Subject. What comes immediately after the Letter of _Liberius_ to the _Eusebians_, ought, in all Likelihood, to have been placed after the above-mentioned Letter of the Council of _Sardica_ to _Constantius_: for to me it appears no less improbable than it does or can do to _Baronius_[N14.1], that _Hilarius_, a most zealous Stickler for the Orthodox Faith, should approve of the Pope’s scandalous Letter, tending utterly to subvert it, and express his Approbation in these Terms; _What is there in this Letter that is not holy? What is there that does not proceed from the Fear of God?_ However, I cannot conclude, and much less demonstratively, with the Annalist, that the Letter has been forged by the _Arians_. All I think can be inferred from thence is, that the Letters, like most other Pieces there, have been misplaced; and that the above-mentioned Words of _Hilarius_ ought to be put after the Letter of the Council to _Constantius_, and not after that of _Liberius_ to the _Arians_. Footnote N14.1: Bar. ad ann. 352. n. 13. ----- [Sidenote: _The Council of_ Arles.] In the mean time _Constantius_, now in quiet Possession of the whole Empire by the Death of _Magnentius_, who, after his Defeat, had laid violent Hands on himself, summoned a Council to meet at _Arles_. At this Council _Liberius_ did not assist in Person, but by his Legates, _Vincentius_ Bishop of _Capua_, and _Marcellus_ Bishop of _Campania_, who, together with some others, had been sent by _Liberius_ some time before to meet the Emperor at _Arles_, and beg him in the Pope’s Name to assemble a Council at _Aquileia_[726]. As the Bishop of _Capua_ was a Man of great Parts, and long Experience, _Liberius_ reposed an intire Confidence in him, not doubting but he would maintain the Dignity of his Legation, and support the Innocency of _Athanasius_ with that Firmness which he had shewn on several other Occasions [N15]. ----- Footnote N15: For _Liberius_, ashamed of what he had done against _Athanasius_, not only readmitted him soon after to his own Communion, but with great Zeal undertook his Defence. -----