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P. 238, 1. 8. AUquantos, — I.e. the aliquanti seniores of §§ 26, 37. 



P. 238, 1. 10. Adpetere dehemus refers to § 10, "Adpeto in 

 senectute mea," &e. 



P. 238, 1. 12, Ratum fortissimum. — Ratum occurs in Ducange 

 {Glossarium Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis) in the sense deliberatum, 

 constitutum. Fortissimum is possibly an echo of 2 Cor. x. 10, 

 " Epistolae inqiiiunt graues sunt et fortes." It is also possible that 

 ratum may be a trace of an original reading, ministratum or ministraia. 

 This word occurs in 2 Cor. iii. 3, which is quoted in the context. 



P. 238, 1.15. Unde ego, &c. — The sentence is incomplete; n€f<cio 

 suggested scio. Y or primus, Prof. Bury conjectures imus. 



P. 238, 1. 24. Domitticati. — The term domni (CFgPi) was applied 

 to Church dignitaries. Bominicatus is the adj. of dominicum, ' a 

 demesne' : "Lords of the land" (Ferguson). Ducange does not give 

 any instance of the word as applied to persons. Prof. Bury says, " It 

 is simply domini cati, ' clever, or smart, sirs.' " Domini ignari is a 

 plausible reading, suggesting that Patrick had two classes of scoffers 

 in view : those who were religious, and those who were not. 



P. 238, 1. 26. Detestdbilem hiius mundi. — The butt of this 

 world's scorn" (Ferguson). 



P. 239, 1. 8. jExagallias. — This is almost certainly the same as 

 exagella, which is thus explained by Ducange — " Trutina, seu potius 

 quota pars quae unicuique haeredum ex successione obuenit: legitima 

 pars haeredis, cum aliis ueluti ad exagium seu trutinam exaequata." 

 The word thus passes from the meaning of balances to that of legacy. 



P. 239, 1. 9. Bahtizaui tot milia Jiominum. — The same claim is made 

 in identical terms in § 50: cf. § 42, " jS'escimus numerum eorum" ; 

 Ep. 2, " Quos ego innumeros Deo genui"; Ep. 12, 16, " Enumerare 

 nequeo." 



P. 239, 1. 11. Concederet. — Prof. Bury conjectures concederet, et 

 post, &c. 



P. 239, 1. 12. Quod ego, &c. — Q2iod is constantly used by Patrick as 

 an indeclinable relative ; e.g. Conf. 20, " Quod memor ero " ; 30, " De 

 mea opera quod dediceram"; 32, " Defensionem quod ego non inter- 

 im" . . . *'Quod non eram dignus"; Ep. 10, " Misericordiam quod 

 ago " ; 20, " Uerba quod ego Latinum exposui." 



P. 239, 1. 14. Sed. — Ferguson explains sed here and in p. 241, 

 1. 17, as equivalent to the Irish nisi. He connects seddeueneram 

 with the preceding words, such grace As, till I came to Ireland, I 

 nor knew JS'or ever hoped." 



P. 239, 1. 14. Pecora pasceham, — P^(;or« more naturally denotes o^/c* 



