F.Q.

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MISTAKES IN GIBBON.

The following references may be of use to a future editor of Gibbon; Mr.
Milman has not, I believe, rectified any of the mistakes pointed out by
the authors cited.

In the Netherlands ... 50,000 in less than fifty years were ...
sacrificed to the intolerance of popery. (Fra Paolo, _Sarpi
Conc. Trid._ 1. i. p. 422. ed. sec. Grotius, in his _Annal.
Belq._ 1. v. pp. 1G, 17. duod., including _all_ the persecutions
of Charles V, makes the number 100,000. The supposed
contradiction between these two historians supplied Mr. Gibbon
with an argument by which he satisfied himself that be had
completely demolished the whole credibility of Eusebius's
history. See conclusion of his 16th book.) [Mendham's _Life of
Pius V._, p. 303. and note; compare p. 252., where Gibbon's
attack on Eusebius is discussed.]

In Forster's _Mahometanism Unveiled_, several of Gibbon's statements are
questioned. I have not the book at hand, and did not think the
corrections very important when I read it some time {277} back. The
reader who has it may see pp. 339. 385. 461-2. 472. 483. 498. of the
second volume.

In Dr. Maitland's _Dark Ages_, p. 229. seq. note, a gross blunder is