65. voluntatis.
66. stabularius ille.
67. quicquid in curam amplius erogasset. As St. Optatus understands by the two pence of the parable the two Testaments, i.e. the Commandments of God, so by 'whatever thou shalt spend over and above' (Luke x, 35) he understands works of supererogation, v.g. the Counsels of Perfection.
68. nec impedimenta est volentibus.
69. This passage, from 'For virginity is a matter of choice' to 'who desire it not,' is incorporated, as it stands, by St. Fulgentius. (Cf. ii, ad Monimum, cap. 13.)
70. Cf. 1 Cor. vii, 25-38.
71. hoc panno.
72. aestus animi.
73. aestas, so Rv. G has aetas. This is adopted by Ziwsa, but is it not possible that Optatus used aestas metaphorically in juxtaposition with aestus (summer heats) just before, according to his custom of playing upon words?
74. pungerent.
75. impugnationem mentis.
76. hoc genus, sc. voluntary profession of virginity.
77. Nuns, like married women, of old 'put up' their hair. It was not, as now, cut off.
78. indicia.
79. raptores aut petitores.
80. non castitatis auxilium.
81. quae carnaliter nubunt.
82. maritum mutate.
83. sc. the ashes of Penance, inflicted by the Donatists.
84. dum talem rapuit, qualem viderat, quando, ut uxorem acciperet, postulabat.
85. crudeliter.
86. inconsulte.
87. in lectione.
88. per iudicia saecularia. Under Julian the Apostate the churches and sacred books were taken from the Catholics and given to the Donatists by imperial decree and process of law.
89. executione officiorum. 'Officia pro officialibus, ut ministeria pro ministris et sexcenta huius generis' (Casaubon).