41/54 193.)] [Footnote 96: A severe inquiry was instituted into the crime of magic, (Var. 18;) and it was believed that many necromancers had escaped by making their jailers mad: for mad I should read drunk.] [Footnote 97: Boethius had composed his own Apology, (p. 53,) perhaps more interesting than his Consolation. We must be content with the general view of his honors, principles, persecution, &c., (l.i. |