[Footnote 37: Totam illam veterem et squalentem sylvam legum
novis principalium rescriptorum et edictorum securibus
truncatis et caeditis; (Apologet. c. 4, p. 50, edit.
Havercamp.) He proceeds to praise the recent firmness of
Severus, who repealed the useless or pernicious laws,
without any regard to their age or authority.]