And the totals on page 102, lines 2 and 3 will be 522 and 171 respectively.] Sec.

7.
Especially have we need to be on our guard against conniving at the ejection of short clauses consisting of from twelve to fourteen letters,--which proves to have been the exact length of a line in the earliest copies.

When such omissions leave the sense manifestly imperfect, no evil consequence can result.

Critics then either take no notice of the circumstance, or simply remark in passing that the omission has been the result of accident.

In this way, [[Greek: hoi pateres auton], though it is omitted by Cod.