Perhapsanextravagantfableofthetimesmayconcealanallegoricalpictureofthesefanatics，whotorturedeachotherandthemselves。\"UndertheconsulshipofVenantiusandCeler，\"saysagravebishop，\"thepeopleofAlexandria，andallEgypt，wereseizedwithastrangeanddiabolicalfrenzy:greatandsmall，slavesandfreedmen，monksandclergy，thenativesoftheland，whoopposedthesynodofChalcedon，losttheirspeechandreason，barkedlikedogs，andtore，withtheirownteeththefleshfromtheirhandsandarms。\"
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[Footnote67:See，intheAppendixtotheActsofChalcedon，theconfirmationoftheSynodbyMarcian，Concil。tom。iv。p。1781，1783；hisletterstothemonksofAlexandria，p。1791，ofMountSinai，p。1793，ofJerusalemandPalestine，p。1798；
hislawsagainsttheEutychians，p。1809，1811，1831；thecorrespondenceofLeowiththeprovincialsynodsontherevolutionofAlexandria，p。1835—1930。]
[Footnote68:PhotiusorratherEulogiusofAlexandria