[Footnote8:Thistradition，unknowntothecontemporariesofConstantinewasinventedinthedarknessofmonestaries，wasembellishedbyJeffreyofMonmouth，andthewritersofthexiithcentury，hasbeendefendedbyourantiquariansofthelastage，andisseriouslyrelatedintheponderousHistoryofEngland，compiledbyMr。Carte，vol。i。p。147。Hetransports，however，thekingdomofCoil，theimaginaryfatherofHelena，fromEssextothewallofAntoninus。]
[Footnote9:Eutropiusx。2expresses，inafewwords，therealtruth，andtheoccasionoftheerror\"exobscuriorimatrimonioejusfilius。\"Zosimusl。ii。p。78eagerlyseizedthemostunfavorablereport，andisfollowedbyOrosius，vii。25，whoseauthorityisoddlyenoughoverlookedbytheindefatigable，butpartialTillemont。ByinsistingonthedivorceofHelena，Diocletianacknowledgedhermarriage。]
[Footnote10:TherearethreeopinionswithregardtotheplaceofConstantine\'sbirth。1。OurEnglishantiquarianswereusedtodwellwithraptureonthewordsofhispanegyrist，\"Britanniasillicoriendonobilesfecisti。\"Butthiscelebratedpassagemaybereferredwithasmuchproprietytotheaccession，astothenativityofConstantine。2。SomeofthemodernGreekshaveascribedthehonorofhisbirthtoDrepanum，atownontheGulfofNicomedia，Cellarius，tom。ii。p。174，whichConstantinedignifiedwiththenameofHelenopolis，andJustinianadornedwithmanysplendidbuildings，Procop。deEdificiis，v。2。Itisindeedprobableenough，thatHelena\'sfatherkeptaninnatDrepanum，andthatConstantiusmightlodgetherewhenhereturnedfromaPersianembassy，inthereignofAurelian。Butinthewanderinglifeofasoldier，theplaceofhismarriage，andtheplaceswherehischildrenareborn，haveverylittleconnectionwitheachother。3。TheclaimofNaissusissupportedbytheanonymouswriter，publishedattheendofAmmianus，p。710，andwhoingeneralcopiedverygoodmaterials；anditisconfirmedbyJuliusFirmicus，deAstrologia，l。i。c。4，whoflourishedunderthereignofConstantinehimself。Someobjectionshavebeenraisedagainsttheintegrityofthetext，andtheapplicationofthepassageofFirmicusbuttheformerisestablishedbythebestMss。，andthelatterisveryablydefendedbyLipsiusdeMagnitudineRomana，l。iv。c。11，etSupplement。]
[Footnote11:Literisminusinstructus。Anonym。adAmmian。p。
710。]
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