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reading is not that of A. Take, for example, S. Matt. iv. 19, xii. 36, 

 Titus iii. 5, 6, 1 John iii. 16. ISTevertheless, until fuller evidence is 

 forthcoming, it would be an arbitrary method of procedure to desert A 

 in cases where it approximated to Jerome's Vulgate more than do the 

 other Mss. At the same time, it would be equally unfair to ignore the 

 testimony of CF3F4 when discussing the character of St. Patrick's text 

 of the Holy Scriptures. 



It remains that I should give a list of the conjectural emendations, 

 that are known to be such, which have been printed in the text of 

 this edition. Where B is not available, and a reading of Boll, has 

 been adopted, it is at least a charitable hypothesis that it is ind^^d a 

 reading of B, yet a doubt must always remain on the mind, since Denis, 

 as we have seen, preferred not to betray to the general public all the 

 blemishes of his manuscript, as he conceived them to be. 



€onf . § 9. ticra for iure. This has been suggested to me by Dr. Gwynn. 



In any case the passage must be so translated. 

 Conf. § 10. desertm. So W. Stokes, except that he reads disertus. 



desertus, however, is both nearer ACF3, and is in accordance 



with the usage of A, in which disertus and desertim interchange 



their first vowels. 



Oonf. § 10. sermonem for sermone ACFaR, sermonis BF4 corr. The 

 horizontal bar above e, which would express m, is easily for- 

 gotten or obliterated. So present editor. 



Conf. § 24. effatus for efficiatus A, affatus rell. So W. Stokes. 



Conf. § 27. ]N'on illis in peccaturu reputetur. Occasionem post annos 

 triginta inuenerunt. CF3F4R have occasiomim; Boll, has, 

 reputetiir occasio. Nam, &c. All jiss, ins. me after inuenerunt. 

 The present editor thinks that there is a reference to Dan. vi. 5. 



■Conf. § 30. dediceram for dedideram A, didiceram rell. This has 

 been suggested to me. A has dedici in § 9. 



Conf. § 34. aperuisti for cooperuist i CF^^Yi, which yields no sense, and 

 denudasti Boll. So present editor. 



Conf. § 35. me ins. bef. liherauit. So Denis [me]. 



€onf. § 35. idiotam tamen for ideo tamen CF3F4. So present editor. 

 The words are omitted in Boll., probably because they yielded 

 no sense. 



Conf. § 42. patiuntur ior patuntur B, patiantur CF3F4. So Denis. 

 Conf. § 42. illae for illas. So Ware and Denis independently. 

 Conf. § 42. etsi ueta^itur for et siue tantum BF3 sine tantum CF4. So 

 Denis. 



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