9. Jerom. in Chron. The poverty of Lactantius may be applied
either to the praise of the disinterested philosopher, or to
the shame of the unfeeling patron. See Tillemont, Mem.
Ecclesiast. tom. vi part i. p. 345. Dupin, Bibliotheque
Ecclesiast. tom i. p. 205. Lardner's Credibility of the
Gospel History, part ii. vol. vii. p. 66.