'I have no dignity.'
Zenophilus said to Castus:
'Although the charges of Nundinarius have now been admitted to be true, through the evidence of Victor the Grammarian, as well as through that of Victor of Samsuricum and of Saturninus, nevertheless, do you also tell us whether Silvanus is a Betrayer?'
Castus answered:
'He said that he found a lamp behind a tun.' |376
Zenophilus said to Castus:
'Tell us also about the casks taken from the temple of Serapis and the vinegar.'
Castus answered:
'Purpurius the Bishop took away the casks.'
Zenophilus said:
'Who took the vinegar?'
Castus answered that Silvanus the Bishop and Dontius and Superius the priests took the vinegar out of the temple.
Zenophilus said to Castus:
'Tell us how many pieces of money Victor gave to be made priest.'
Castus said:
'He offered, my lord, a little money-bag, but what it held I know not.'
Zenophilus said to Castus:
'To whom was the bag given?'
Castus said:
'He took it with him to the big shed.'
Zenophilus said to Castus:
'Was not the money divided among the people?'
Castus answered:
'As far as I saw, it was not given to them.' |377
Zenophilus said to Castus: