Note 3 — Chapter V · Of Moses.

He knew that the memories of the patriarchs who preceded him were held in great veneration when their sepulchres were found, but that was not sufficient for an ambition like his. He must be revered as a God for whom death had no terrors, and to this end all his efforts were directed since the beginning of his reign when he said that he was established of God—to be the God of Pharaoh. Elijah3 gave his example, also Romulus4, Empedocles5 and all those who from a desire to immortalize their names, have concealed the time and place of their death so that they would be deemed immortal.