"Absurdum enim duoebant senectute confractmn ulterius
vivere, quod labatur, ex multa perperam faciat corpus senectute confractum et maceratum," — ^^lian, lib. 4. Var. Hist. c. 1.
Atc^ banc ipsam sententiam confirmat pulcbella qua extat apud Herodotum Historia, Thalia, lib. 3, num. 28.
This old story of the Holy-mawle, no doubt, was derived from the aforesayd histories: but disguised (after the old fashion) with the Bomancy-way.
Holy^waUr-sprinckle.
Uda fit hinc launis.— [F. y. 677.]
Lib. VI. June.
AltarSj & Altar-tables.
Ante focos olim longis considere scamnis
Mob erat; et mensae credere adesse deos. — [F. yL 305-6.]
Old way of Baking^ e.g. amongst ye poor in Herefs. Sf Wales.
Sappositam cineri panem focus ipse parabat;
Strataq' erat tepido tegala qnassa solo. — [F. vi. 315-6.]
Immuring of Nunnes.
yiya def odietnr hnmo.
Sic incesta perit: quia, qnam yiolayit, in illam
Conditnr: et Tellns Vestaq* nnmen idem e8t.^[F. yi. 458-60.]
Ohnens.
Non ego te, qnamyis properabis yincere, Caesar,
Si yetat auspicinm, signa mo?ere yelim. — [F. yi. 763-4.]
So if a Hare crosseth the way ; or one stumble at the threshold goeing-out : it is still held ominous among some countrey people.
Pipes : hence Organs in Churches,
M.Q thinks St. Augustin was too straight-laced in not liking Organs in Churches: because it was Jewish: no good consequence. See Dr. Sanderson's Sermon, II. ad Aulam, § 25, Vol. i. and sermon
Cantabit Fanis, cantabat tibia Indis:
Cantabat moestis tibia funeribas. — [F. yi. 669-60.]
