182 – The difference in the original is only the punctuation; in
the first case, ‘Nam quod videt quis quid, et sperat:’ in
the second, ‘Nam quod videt quis, quid et sperat?’
183 – S. Ambrose is evidently referring to his mission to
Maximus, and the persecution of Justina.
184 – There is another reading of several MSS., ‘et ille
profecto gemitus,’ which seems to offer a better sense,
‘and that groaning is indeed truly unutterable, etc.’