Note 100 The sufferings and constancy of Mark, which Gregory has so tragically painted (Orat. iii. p. 88-91), are confirmed by the unexceptionable and reluctant evidence of Libanius. Ancient Greek

Epist. 730, p. 350, 351. Edit. Wolf. Amstel. 1738.

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