126 – This is distinctly asserted by S. Augustine in all the
three passages referred to in the Introduction.
127 – The word is ‘Enneacaidecateris.’ Mr. Hensley remarks in
his article on Easter, ‘It has been often stated that the
Council established a particular cycle, that of nineteen
years, but this is a mistake.’
128 – ‘Nam incipit ♦esse contrarium.’ According to Ducange
‘incipio’ is used in late Latin in the sense of the Greek
verb μέλλω, and here, as it would seem, with the force
with which that verb is so often used as equivalent to ‘it
is likely’ or ‘it is sure’ that such and such is the case:
see Lidd. and Scott. μέλλω, ii. 3, 4.