8 – Amentata illa non manipularis sententia. Ed. Ben. refers
to Junius, Adagiorum Centuriae 3, 10, who says ‘Amentatam
sententiam dixit D. Ambrosius pro validâ et haud vulgari
firmisque argumentis roboratâ. Est autem amentum lori
genus quo hasta praeligata validius certiusque libratur
evibraturque: hinc amentata sententia ea est quæ neutiquam
trivialis est et pedanea, cujusmodi manipularis vocatur,
velut a gregario milite profecta, sed eximia et artificio
vallata.’ He quotes two passages from Cicero, De Orat.
1 57, 242. Brut. 78. 271, in both which places he uses
‘amentatæ hastæ’ of arguments, and also Tertull. adv. Marc.
iv. 33 where he says that our Lord amentavit [Phariseis]
hanc sententiam, non potestis Deo servire et mammonæ,
where it plainly means, ‘gave them this home-thrust.’