but first-class authorities, of sufficient importance to outweigh any number of the later cursive MSS.
My rejoinder is plain:--Not only am I of course willing to yield to external evidence, but it is precisely 'external evidence' which makes me insist on retaining [Greek: deuteroproto--apo melissiou keriou--haras ton stauron--kai anephereto eis ton ouranon--hotan eklipete]--the 14th verse of St.Matthew's xxiiird chapter--and the last twelve verses of St.Mark's Gospel.

For my own part, I entirely deny the cogency of the proposed proof, and I have clearly already established the grounds of my refusal.

Who then is to be the daysman between us?
We are driven back on first principles, in order to ascertain if it may not be possible to meet on some common ground, and by the application of ordinary logical principles of reasoning to clear our view.

[As to these we must refer the reader to the first volume of this work.

Various cases of omission have been just quoted, and many have been discussed elsewhere.
Accordingly, it will not be necessary to exhibit this large class of corruptions at the length which it would otherwise demand.