11. See the Chronicles of Prosper and Idatius [Sirmond, Op.
tom. ii. p. 298]. Salvian (de Gubernat. Dei, l. vii. p. 246,
Paris, 1608) ascribes the victory of the Vandals to their
superior piety. They fasted, they prayed, they carried a
Bible in the front of the Host, with the design, perhaps, of
reproaching the perfidy and sacrilege of their enemies .