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Note 44.Page 159.
This tale, containing an appeal to natural affection, in all probability takes its rise from the judgment of Solomon. But whether or not, the analogy is sufficiently striking to betray its eastern derivation.
Note 45.Page 162.
We have here a curious instance of the anomalous introduction of saints. The three Magi one would have thought not exactly fitted for the Christian Calendar.
Note 46.Page 163.
Pyx is properly a box. "πυξις, από τοῦ πυξος quod nomen buxum significat, unde et pyxidem buxulum Itali vocant."—Fab. Thes. The Roman Catholics put the Host into this kind of box.
Note 47.Page 164.
"And as the dew moistens the herbage, and promotes
