Note 037
From Chapter 44 of the Decline & Fall

Totam illam veterem et squalentem sylvam legum novis principalium rescriptorum et edictorum securibus truncatis et caeditis (Apologet. c. 4, p. 50, edit. Havercamp.)

He proceeds to praise the recent firmness of Severus, who repealed the useless or pernicious laws, without any regard to their age or authority.

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