So natural is the alliance between good taste and good sense, that I am always astonished by this contrast.] [Footnote 61: The short and superficial Life of St.Ambrose, by his deacon Paulinus, (Appendix ad edit.Benedict.p.

i .-- xv.,) has the merit of original evidence.

Tillemont (Mem.Eccles.tom.x.p.

78-306) and the Benedictine editors (p.

xxxi .-- lxiii.) have labored with their usual diligence.] [Footnote 62: Ambrose himself (tom.ii.Epist.xxiv.p.