[Footnote182:EusebiusdeMartyr。Palestin。c。13。HecloseshisnarrationbyassuringusthatthesewerethemartyrdomsinflictedinPalestine，duringthewholecourseofthepersecution。The9thchapterofhisviiithbook，whichrelatestotheprovinceofThebaisinEgypt，mayseemtocontradictourmoderatecomputation；butitwillonlyleadustoadmiretheartfulmanagementofthehistorian。ChoosingforthesceneofthemostexquisitecrueltythemostremoteandsequesteredcountryoftheRomanempire，herelatesthatinThebaisfromtentoonehundredpersonshadfrequentlysufferedmartyrdominthesameday。ButwhenheproceedstomentionhisownjourneyintoEgypt，hislanguageinsensiblybecomesmorecautiousandmoderate。Insteadofalarge，butdefinitenumber，hespeaksofmanyChristians，andmostartfullyselectstwoambiguouswords，whichmaysignifyeitherwhathehadseen，orwhathehadheard；
eithertheexpectation，ortheexecutionofthepunishment。
Havingthusprovidedasecureevasion，hecommitstheequivocalpassagetohisreadersandtranslators；justlyconceivingthattheirpietywouldinducethemtopreferthemostfavorablesense。
TherewasperhapssomemaliceintheremarkofTheodorusMetochita，thatallwho，likeEusebius，hadbeenconversantwiththeEgyptians，delightedinanobscureandintricatestyle。SeeValesiusadloc。
[Footnote!:Thiscalculationismadefromthemartyrs，ofwhomEusebiusspeaksbyname；butherecognizesamuchgreaternumber。