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them om his service, observing, that he would never trust the delity of men who had proved themselvs traitors to their God.
6. But the moderation of Constantius did not re­ strain the zeal of the in rior magistrates. The churches in almost every district were levelled with the ground ; and of the Christians many ed for safety to the rests and mountains, many su ered with constancy both torture and death. Gildas has preserved the names of Julian and Aaron, citizens of Caerleon upon Usk; and the memory of Alban, the protomartyr of Britain, was long celebrated both in his own country, and among the neighbouring na­ tions. But within less than two years Dioclesian and Maximian resigned the purple ; Constantius and Galerius assumed the title of emperors ; and the eedom of religious worship was restored to the Christian inhabitants of the island.
LINGARD.
LESSON .
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, OR RIVR HORSE.
H1PPOPOT1AMUS, n the river-horse of the Nile. L. hipp otamus. G. ippopotamos,- ippos, a horse, and potamos, a river.
Muz'zLE, n., the mouth; the term is also applied to anything that stens or con nes the mouth. F. museau, rmed, perhaps, om muth, A.S., the mouth.
CANINE', a., pertaining to a dog :-also applied, as in this place, to the eye-teeth, or ngs, of other animals. F. canin, om canis, L., a dog.
TEx'TURE, n., degree of smoothness and whiteness; the composition, appearance, &c. F. texture, om texo, L., I weave.
PROTRUDE', v., to thrust or push rward. L. protrudo,-pro, and trudo, I thrust.
Ru'MINATING, a., having the property of chewing the cud. i.e., of br ging back the od reposited in the rst stomach, in order to