Arnobius

“ Was it for this He sent souls, that, forgetting their importance and dignity as divine, they should acquire gems, precious stones, pearls, at the expense of their purity; should entwine their necks with these, pierce the tips of their ears, bind [6] their foreheads with fillets, seek for cosmetics [7] to deck their bodies, [8] darken their eyes with henna ”

“ Footnotes ↑ So restored by Cujacius, followed by LB. and Orelli, reading in grat-i-am (ms. wants i) voluptatemque, while the first five edd. merely drop -que—“to the grateful pleasure,” etc.↑ Lit., “most cruel.”↑ Lit., “among,” in oris, the ms. reading, and that of the first four edd., for which the others have received from the margin of Ursinus moribus—“ (indulging) in so fierce and savage customs.”↑ Lit., “tables.”↑ Lit., “they should live.”↑ Lit., “lessen.”↑ In the ms. this clause follows the words “loss of their purity,” where it is very much in the way. ”