20. In the present text of Ammianus [xiv. 7] we read
Asper, quidem, sed ad lenitatem propensior; which forms
a sentence of contradictory nonsense With the aid of an old
manuscript, Valesius has rectified the first of these
corruptions, and we perceive a ray of light in the
substitution of the word vafer. If we venture to change
lenitatem into levitatem, this alteration of a single
letter will render the whole passage clear and consistent.