193. rosoribus bestiis.
194. unum.
195. Cf. 1 Maccab. i, 59.
196. apex. Literally a dot or accent or point.
197. primitivo populo.
198. Cf. 1 Esdr. vii.
199. ad apicem.
200. malignitatis suae.
201. Cf. 2 Maccab. vii, 13.
202. lex perire non potuit.
203. intrepide.
204. peccaverat necessitas, non voluntas.
205. (For continuation see p. 279, line 4.)
206. sustinendus.
207. (For continuation see p. 279, line 17.)
For three other probably spurious passages see p. 283, l. 1-4; p. 284, l. 2-5; p. 287, l. 21-22.
[Note to the online edition: pp.311-320, which contain 100 quotations in Latin from Optatus: "A hundred noteworthy sayings of St. Optatus", have been omitted.]
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