_As
Cassiodore
doth prove.
Robert Herrick
145. _Tears. _ Augustin. _Enarr. Ps. _ cxxvii. : Dulciores sunt lacrymae
orantium quam gaudia theatorum.
146. _Manna. _ 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 .
