He was the first to notice the value of the concurrence of the Latin evidence with the Codex Alexandrinus, the only representative of an ancient non-Western Greek text then sufficiently known; this hint was not lost on Bentley.
El a fost primul care a observat valoarea concordanței izvoarelor latine cu Codex Alexandrinus, singura mărturie a manuscriselor antice grecești ne-occidentale suficient de cunoscută la vremea respectivă; acest punct de vedere nu a fost uitat de Bentley.