We may note that Herrick
quotes
Cassiodorus
(twice), John of Damascus, Boethius, Thomas Aquinas,
St.
Robert Herrick
_ Wisdom xvi. 20, 21: "Angels' food ... agreeing to every
taste".
147. _As Cassiodore doth prove._ Reverentia est enim Domini timor cum
amore permixtus. Cassiodor. _Expos. in Psalt._ xxxiv. 30; quoted by Dr.
Grosart. My clerical predecessor has also hunted down with much industry
the possible sources of most of the other patristic references in _Noble
Numbers_, though I have been able to add a few.
We may note that Herrick
quotes
Cassiodorus
(twice), John of Damascus, Boethius, Thomas Aquinas,
St.
Bernard, St. Augustine (thrice), St. Basil, and St. Ambrose--a
goodly list of Fathers, if we had any reason to suppose that the
quotations were made at first hand.
148. _Mercy ... a Deity._ Pausanias, _Attic._ I. xvii. 1.
