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After Noah’s death, the poet inserts a long, extrabiblical digression on the gradual corruption of knowledge, the development of mantic and magic arts, and (with the exception of the Jews), mankind’s descent into idolatry. There follows God’s punishment at Babel and, finally, the Jews’ embrace of idolatry. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the poem, Chapter 2 marshals the meager biographical evidence of the Alethia’s author; Chapter 3 treats the manuscript and printed editions of the Alethia; Chapter 4 is an excursus on the complicated history of the 16th century editions of Jean de Gagny and Guillaume Morel and includes an analysis of Gagny’s rewriting of the text; and Chapter 5 describes Victor’s poetic style. Chapter 6 presents the Latin text and apparatus of Alethia 3.1-326. It is based on P.F. Hovingh’s Corpus Christianorum Series Latina edition of 1960. I have only lightly revised it. An English translation of Alethia, 3.1-326 follows. 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