Part Ii. P. 685.]

79 (return) [ See Cyprian. Epist. 16, and his life by Pontius.]

80 (return) [ We have an original life of Cyprian by the deacon Pontius, the companion of his exile, and the spectator of his death; and we likewise possess the ancient proconsular acts of his martyrdom. These two relations are consistent with each other, and with probability; and what is somewhat remarkable, they are both unsullied by any miraculous circumstances.]