26) has quoted a fine passage from Gregory Nazianzen, which proves the inveteracy of the evil.] [Footnote 46: The partiality of Justinian for the blues (Anecdot.c.

7) is attested by Evagrius, (Hist.Eccles.l.iv.c.

32,) John Malala, (tom ii p.

138, 139,) especially for Antioch; and Theophanes, (p.

142.)] [Footnote 47: A wife, (says Procopius,) who was seized and almost ravished by a blue-coat, threw herself into the Bosphorus.