Atkinson — On a South-Coptic Text of M. Bouriant. 241 



"With these two points clear, we may set about the emendatioii, 

 viz. — 



not, auo sp epkeo w nsa &c. 



but auo as pe pkeeow nsa &c. 



And thus the phrase becomes exactly like that on [238, lo] : " and 

 •what is even honour, what else is honour but what God has vouchsafed 

 him ? " 



32, And finally, it is certain that no reasonable person could be 

 satisfied with M. Bouriant' s presentation of the following passage 

 at [251, ii] :— 



anon de ntnwos an nous oie consentons meme pas 



enesteue Stnestia snte d jeuner deux fois de suite, 

 sante neu now ejok ..... 



alia sanivom mais nous mangeons 



mpnau etehnan quand nous voulons. 



as tenw te tnmeris Quelle sera done notre part 



mn phag^ios Biktor a cote de celle de St. V. 



eauhise auquel on a inflige 



»auke tootw ebol 

 auo mpwc^ro erof 



anon de niebien ..... 



tncotp ajn basanos . . . tant de supplices. 



The above passage of twelve lines has a dozen bad faults ! 



{a) it is not jeuner deux fois, but ^^the two [regular weekly'] fasts ". 



(J) there is no de suite, which is also unmeaning. 



(c) (d) (e) there are four words omitted completely, without any hint 

 of their omission ! The words as they stand, indeed, are not intelligible, 

 but that is because the Editor was too unskilled in the language to 

 1^ enable him to divide them properly. I will amend the line : 



not, sante neu now ejok 

 but, sante ne-wnowe jok 



^^ i.e. " to fast the two fasts, till the hours should he completed ''\ and 

 ^B then the next words follow on rightly. But his three items neu, 

 ^H now, and ejok are utterly unmeaning ! 



^H (/) Nor is it right to render mn as a c6te de celle de ; the words 

 ^H imply no comparison, they connote a severance : " what then is our share 

 ^H along with St. Victor? " 



^^1 K.I. A. PEOC, SEE. III., VOL, III. 8 



