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[Footnote36:AureliusVictor，c。40。ButthatlakewassituatedontheupperPannonia，nearthebordersofNoricum；andtheprovinceofValeriaanamewhichthewifeofGaleriusgavetothedrainedcountryundoubtedlylaybetweentheDraveandtheDanube，SextusRufus，c。9。IshouldthereforesuspectthatVictorhasconfoundedtheLakePelsowiththeVoloceanmarshes，or，astheyarenowcalled，theLakeSabaton。ItisplacedintheheartofValeria，anditspresentextentisnotlessthantwelveHungarianmilesaboutseventyEnglishinlength，andtwoinbreadth。SeeSeveriniPannonia，l。i。c。9。]
[Footnote37:LactantiusdeM。P。c。33andEusebiusl。viii。
c。16describethesymptomsandprogressofhisdisorderwithsingularaccuracyandapparentpleasure。]
[Footnote38:IfanylikethelateDr。Jortin，RemarksonEcclesiasticalHistory，vol。ii。p。307—356stilldelightinrecordingthewonderfuldeathsofthepersecutors，IwouldrecommendtotheirperusalanadmirablepassageofGrotiusHist。