Quia ecce novus Constantinus his temporibus, &c., (Codex Carolin.epist.49, in tom.iii.part ii.

p.
195.) Pagi (Critica, A.D.324, No.

16) ascribes them to an impostor of the viiith century, who borrowed the name of St.Isidore: his humble title of Peccator was ignorantly, but aptly, turned into Mercator: his merchandise was indeed profitable, and a few sheets of paper were sold for much wealth and power.] [Footnote 69: Fabricius (Bibliot.Graec.tom.vi.p.

4-7) has enumerated the several editions of this Act, in Greek and Latin.

The copy which Laurentius Valla recites and refutes, appears to be taken either from the spurious Acts of St.Silvester or from Gratian's Decree, to which, according to him and others, it has been surreptitiously tacked.] [Footnote 70: In the year 1059, it was believed (was it believed ?) by Pope Leo IX.