[Footnote116:SeetheTopographiaChristianaofCosmas，surnamedIndicopleustes，ortheIndiannavigator，l。iii。p。178，179，l。
xi。p。337。Theentirework，ofwhichsomecuriousextractsmaybefoundinPhotius，cod。xxxvi。p。9，10，edit。Hoeschel，
Thevenot，inthe1stpartofhisRelationdesVoyages，&c。，andFabricius，Bibliot。Graec。l。iii。c。25，tom。ii。p。603—
617，hasbeenpublishedbyFatherMontfauconatParis，1707，intheNovaCollectioPatrum，tom。ii。p。113—346。Itwasthedesignoftheauthortoconfutetheimpiousheresyofthosewhomaintainedthattheearthisaglobe，andnotaflat，oblongtable，asitisrepresentedintheScriptures，l。ii。p。138。
Butthenonsenseofthemonkismingledwiththepracticalknowledgeofthetraveller，whoperformedhisvoyageA。D。522，andpublishedhisbookatAlexandria，A。D。547，l。ii。p。140，141。Montfaucon，Praefat。c。2。TheNestorianismofCosmas，unknowntohislearnededitor，wasdetectedbyLaCroze，ChristianismedesIndes，tom。i。p。40—55，andisconfirmedbyAssemanni，Bibliot。Orient。tom。iv。p。605，606。]