It renders the classical passage, 1 John v. 7, 8., in this wise:--

"Quia tres sunt qui testimonium dant, spiritus, et aqua, et sanguis, et

tres unum sunt. Sicut in coelo tres sunt, Pater, Verbum, et Spiritus,

et tres unum sunt."

You will remember that it is quoted by Porson in his _Letters to Travis_,

p. 148., and again referred to by him, pp. 394. 400.

Was it sold on the death of the Bishop of Lichfield, or bequeathed to any

public institution? or did it find its way into the possession of the Duke

of Sussex, who was curious in biblical matters, and was a correspondent of

Dr. Butler? Some of your learned readers will perhaps enable you to trace

it.

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