[Footnote36:Imperatoremmefactum，P。C。electionisvestraearbitrio，etfortissimiexercitusordinationeagnoscite，Novell。
Majorian。tit。iii。p。34，adCalcem。Cod。Theodos。Sidoniusproclaimstheunanimousvoiceoftheempire:—
—PostquamordinevobisOrdoomnisregnumdederat；plebs，curia，nules，Etcollegasimul。386。
Thislanguageisancientandconstitutional；andwemayobserve，thattheclergywerenotyetconsideredasadistinctorderofthestate。]
[Footnote37:Eitherdilationes，ordelationeswouldaffordatolerablereading，butthereismuchmoresenseandspiritinthelatter，towhichIhavethereforegiventhepreference。]