210. The reference is to the last verse in Isaiah.

211. Alluding to Job x. 22, already cited above; see note to 176. The

Vulgate has:--'ubi umbra mortis.'

214. 'Fit ergo miseris mors sine morte, finis sine fine, defectus sine

defectu, quia et mors uiuit, et finis semper incipit, et deficere defectus

nescit';--S. Gregorius, Moralium lib. ix. c. 66; ed. Migne, vol. 75, col.

915.

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