(1)Vide Mosheim’s Ecclesiastical History for the truth of this part of the narrative. I have suppressed circumstances in the original too horrible for modern ears.(2)This expression is not exaggerated. In the dreams of sorcery, or of imposture, the evil spirit was supposed to perform a mass in derision; and in Beaumont and Fletcher there is mention of “howling a black Santis,”i. e.Satan’s mass.(3)We do not venture to guess at thehorrorsof this whisper, but every one conversant with ecclesiastical history knows, thatTetzeloffered indulgences in Germany, even on the condition that the sinner had been guilty of theimpossiblecrime of violating the mother ofGod.(4)Something between a bully and a rake.(5)Vide Moore’s View of France and Italy.(6)Fact,—me ipso teste.(7)Vide Charlevoix’s History of Paraguay.(8)This is a fact well established.(9)I have read this somewhere, but cannot believe it. Coaches are mentioned by Beaumont and Fletcher, and even glass-coaches by Butler, in his “Remains.”(10)This circumstance is related, I believe, in the Jewish Spy.(11)Flames reversed, intimating that the criminal is not to be burned.(12)The passion of the late king of Spain for field sports was well known.
(1)Vide Mosheim’s Ecclesiastical History for the truth of this part of the narrative. I have suppressed circumstances in the original too horrible for modern ears.
(1)Vide Mosheim’s Ecclesiastical History for the truth of this part of the narrative. I have suppressed circumstances in the original too horrible for modern ears.
(2)This expression is not exaggerated. In the dreams of sorcery, or of imposture, the evil spirit was supposed to perform a mass in derision; and in Beaumont and Fletcher there is mention of “howling a black Santis,”i. e.Satan’s mass.
(2)This expression is not exaggerated. In the dreams of sorcery, or of imposture, the evil spirit was supposed to perform a mass in derision; and in Beaumont and Fletcher there is mention of “howling a black Santis,”i. e.Satan’s mass.
(3)We do not venture to guess at thehorrorsof this whisper, but every one conversant with ecclesiastical history knows, thatTetzeloffered indulgences in Germany, even on the condition that the sinner had been guilty of theimpossiblecrime of violating the mother ofGod.
(3)We do not venture to guess at thehorrorsof this whisper, but every one conversant with ecclesiastical history knows, thatTetzeloffered indulgences in Germany, even on the condition that the sinner had been guilty of theimpossiblecrime of violating the mother ofGod.
(4)Something between a bully and a rake.
(4)Something between a bully and a rake.
(5)Vide Moore’s View of France and Italy.
(5)Vide Moore’s View of France and Italy.
(6)Fact,—me ipso teste.
(6)Fact,—me ipso teste.
(7)Vide Charlevoix’s History of Paraguay.
(7)Vide Charlevoix’s History of Paraguay.
(8)This is a fact well established.
(8)This is a fact well established.
(9)I have read this somewhere, but cannot believe it. Coaches are mentioned by Beaumont and Fletcher, and even glass-coaches by Butler, in his “Remains.”
(9)I have read this somewhere, but cannot believe it. Coaches are mentioned by Beaumont and Fletcher, and even glass-coaches by Butler, in his “Remains.”
(10)This circumstance is related, I believe, in the Jewish Spy.
(10)This circumstance is related, I believe, in the Jewish Spy.
(11)Flames reversed, intimating that the criminal is not to be burned.
(11)Flames reversed, intimating that the criminal is not to be burned.
(12)The passion of the late king of Spain for field sports was well known.
(12)The passion of the late king of Spain for field sports was well known.
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