Note 014 See the Sadder, the smallest part of which consists Of moral precepts. The ceremonies enjoined are infinite and trifling. Fifteen genuflexions, prayers, etc., were required whenever the devout Persian cut his nails or made water; or as often as he put on the sacred girdle. Sadder, Art. 14, 50, 60.

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Note to Chapter 8 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon