Read the four books by Hesychius,[159] presbyter of Constantinople,
_On the Brazen Serpent_. The work is meant for show, and is a studied
attempt to work upon the feelings. It contains speeches to the people
put into the mouth of Moses, and fictitious addresses of the people
in reply. There are also elaborate speeches of the Deity to Moses and
the people, together with their replies, in the form of entreaty and
excuse. A great part of the work, which comprises a bulky volume,
is devoted to these speeches. The author himself, so far as one can
judge from this treatise, is orthodox.