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Conf. § 57. scrutatur for scrutator, Denis. 

 Conf. § 58. contingat for contingwit, Ware. 

 Ep. §11- I>eu8 qui dedit hanc mllicitudinem in corde meo. 

 The other four mss. have Beus quidem hanc soil, in corde meo. 

 Denis inserted dedit before m. 



Ep. § 14. tu i^otius interficis. Here for potiiis Boll, has omnes, 

 CF3 have totius, corr. toties. 



It is possible that some of the following readings of P inay com- 

 mend themselves to scholars. 



Conf. § 4. Patre receptum for ad Patrem receptum, 



Conf. § 10. Spiriius gestat for S. gestit AB, ot gessit CF3F4R. 



Conf. § 12. riirsiim adleiiamt for sursum adl. 



Conf. § 1 3. domni gnari for domni ignari CF3F4, or domini ignari 

 Bll favours Prof. Bury's explanation of the reading of A, 

 dominicati as "simply cfaw^m/ cati, 'clever, or smart, sirs'." 



Conf, § 13. m me . . . inspirauit for et me . . . ins. 



Conf. § 18. uocahant te for meant te. 



Conf. § 20. unde me uenit ignarum in spiritu Meliam' uocare ? P is 

 the only ms. whicli reads at first hand uocare. On further 

 consideration this reading commends itself as superior to 

 that of A. It indicates Patrick's surprise that he, when 

 an ignorant youth, should have uttered a cry which seemed 

 to imply a knowledge of the connexion of Helios with 

 Helias. 



Conf. § 25. ejfitiatus est ut sit Spiritus (sps). Spirit us is, of course, 

 right ; but P is the only ms. which does not read episcopus 

 (eps) at first hand. 



Conf. § 32. dissensio7iem for dejhisionem. This is certainly right, 

 the allusion being to Acts xv. 39, " Facta est autem dis- 

 sensio ita ut discederent ab inuicem." 



Conf. § 34. qui miki tanta diuinitate cooperasti for qui mihi tantam 

 diuinitatem cooperuisti. I conjectured aperuisti. P gives 

 a much more satisfactory sense. 



Conf. § 34. ut ego inscius et in nouissimis diebus for ut et ego inscius 

 sim in nou, diebus. Here I followed Boll, and F3 in omit- 

 ting sim. P is clearer. 



Conf. § 49. nam etsi imperitus ut in omnibus. For the last three 

 words sum nomitiibus is the reading of BCF3. F4 alone 

 has sum in omnibus. Perhaps we should insert sum before 

 ut, . . 



