176. The stupendous metamorphosis was performed in the ninth
century. See Mariana (Hist. Hispan. l. vii. c. 13, tom. i.
p.285, edit. Hag. Com. 1733) who, in every sense, imitates
Livy; and the honest detection of the legend of St. James by
Dr. Geddes, Miscellanies, vol. ii. p. 221.