As the Emperor had not yet taken the least Notice of his Letter; as the Eastern Bishops, as well as the Bishops at Court, did not act, as he thought, with all the Zeal and Expedition he expected, and his ready Compliance well deserved; [Sidenote: _and to_ Vincentius, _Bishop of_ Capua.] he writ a Third Letter, directed to _Vincentius_, Bishop of _Capua_, acquainting him, that he had abandoned the Defence of _Athanasius_, and desiring him to give Notice thereof to all the Bishops of _Campania_; and, at the same time, to use his utmost Endeavours to persuade them to dispatch some of their Body with a Letter, in their common Name, to the Emperor, begging _Constantius_ to deliver him, without further Delay, from his present most melancholy and deplorable Situation. To this Letter he adds the following Paragraph, in his own Hand: _We live in Peace with all the Bishops of the East, and with you. As for me, I have discharged my Conscience before God. Will you suffer me to perish in my present Exile? The same God will judge us both_[770]. The Bishop of _Capua_ had been formerly sent by _Liberius_ to the Council of _Arles_, with the Character of his Legate, as I have observed above, and had there signed the Condemnation of _Athanasius_; on which Occasion _Liberius_ wished for an Opportunity of washing out, with his own Blood, the Stain which the Conduct of his Legate had brought upon his Character. But his only Wish now was to see himself delivered from his painful Exile, and restored to his former State, upon any Terms. _Vincentius_, touched with his Complaints, prevailed upon the Bishops of _Campania_ to send a solemn Deputation to the Emperor in his Behalf; which _Constantius_ complied with, so far as to recall him from the Place of his Exile to _Sirmium_, where the Court then was[771]. [Sidenote: _He is recalled from his Banishment to_ Sirmium.] Upon his Arrival there, _Constantius_, who had lately embraced the Doctrine of the _Semi-Arians_, taking Advantage of his Weakness, and of the eager Desire he had betrayed of returning to his See, obliged him, as well as the Bishops of the Court, and Four _African_ Bishops, who happened to be then at _Sirmium_, to sign the same Doctrine[772]. [Sidenote: _He signs the Doctrine of the_ Semi-Arians.] Thus did the infallible _Liberius_ sign, and embrace, at least in Appearance, both the _Arian_ and _Semi-Arian_ Heresy; the _Arian_ at _Berœa_, the Place of his Exile, and the _Semi-Arian_ at _Sirmium_. That the Confession he signed at _Berœa_ was _Arian_, cannot be doubted; for it was the Second of _Sirmium_, which all agree to have been _Arian_[N16]. Besides, it was proposed to him by _Demophilus_ Bishop of _Berœa_, who was a most zealous Stickler for _Arianism_, and greatly attached to _Ursacius_ and _Valens_, the Two leading Men among the _Arians_ in the West; and it is not at all probable, that he would have required _Liberius_ to sign a Doctrine different from that which he himself held. -----