In the fifth edition (1721) of Gherardi's Théâtre Italien there are far fuller excerpts from the farce than in the first edition (1695).

It is the oldest work from which there are any excerpts in the Digest.

[Footnote 4: Another leaf of the codex Marcianus is here lacking, leaving a gap of which Zonaras and an Excerpt of de Valois supply a sixth or more.]

The Stranger; an excerpt by Albert Camus.

The following excerpt on the duties of an abbot ('I. E. Record' translation) will illustrate the style and spirit of the Rule: "Of the Abbot of a Church.