Chapter

1 1pref|      before us." And when the gold out of the necklaces of
2 9    |       believed, dowering with gold and incense the infancy
3 9    |     East is wont to abound in gold and odours, certain it is
4 9    |     divine Scriptures regard "gold" as constituting the "power"
5 9    |      the surrounding peoples, gold and silver." For of this
6 9    | silver." For of this gift of "gold" David likewise says, "And
7 9    |     Him shall be given of the gold of Arabia;" and again, "
8 9    |       receiving its ensigns,--gold, to wit, and odours. "The
9 13   |     forth his abominations of gold and silver, which they made