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1Sa_17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard [them].
Ver. 23. The Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name.] Which signifieth Captivity; a terrible name, {a} such as was that of Bellarmine ( Bellum, arma, minae), the Pope’s late great champion.
“ Cur Bellarminum te, Bellarmine, vocamus?
Nempe Malerminus rectius esse potes. ”{ b}
{a} Apud Plautum militis nomen est Therapontigonoplata-gidorias.
{b} Owen, Epigram.