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tes de contenir en viron 7, 600 metres cubes δ' eau. Uno disposition ingonicuso permet de r6gler lo debit de l'eau fulvant in plus oumolns grande abondance, si bion que, mῆ me pendant les trois mois de grande inchoreme, chaque sam ille de Cnrpineto peut compter surune consor amation jOurnalthre de cent onge litres, sans compter tout co qui est utilissi potar ire uinges agricoles. Deu X gracienses sontianos, Plane sur la place publiquo de Carpineto devant P6gliso col-lsigiale, Pautre devant te palais Pecci, Versent avec abondance leurenia mine et limpide Rux habitans du pays. Elles doni d6core d' inscriptions latines compossies par te Souveratn-Ρonsse. Volci cello qu'On lit fur la sontaino de la place publique:
Fons ego, decurrens, nitidis argenteus undis Quem cupide irriguum norea prata bibant. At non prata bibent, cives, me norea: vestras Grattus est largo spargere rore domos. - Leo XIII.
For this long extraci made apropos of a very bries poem, I mustoller the fame apology as that os the Writer just quoted: Nous
nous sommes sitendus fur ces trauaux hydrauliques, reellement re-
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mamuabies d'ailleum, par qu' iis soni un immense biensait de Mon XIII. enuere aes compatriotes. The second, and much longer Poem:
Dimollem eursum. longosque emensa viarum Tractus. Carpineis hue feror unda iugis . . .
appeare in be an emendation and elaboration Os a ahorter, but very beautisul, poem on the fame theme. It should prove interesting togive it here in iis original som:
Fons LOQUITUR. Leniter exiliens Pandulphi e colle superno, Huc e nauma deseror unda iugis. Nam qui romani Ioachimus Pecclus ostri Primus natiae hoc Ruxit honore solum, Per caecos terrae, Plumbo ducente, meatus Oblitam patriae me iubet tre Vlam. Improvisa quidem, Sed gratior in vena vobis Ultro, municipes, cancllo inempta fluo. Huc ergo, Properate : Rclsum nRm finem saluti, Munditiae, vitaeque mitius et charisin. Trantiation. TRE FOUNTAIN SPRARS.
Ιt may weli bo doubted is the plo ant simplicity and dirocinemos this previous poem have not di sappeared fomeWhat in the pompand circumstance os iis elaborat Od emendation. It is, We thin k, an exquisite idea exquisitely carried oui. The techniquo is Worthy os the inspiration. A mot-note attachod lo it in the edition os theoermina published in 1883 in rem arks: Aquam intuberrimi haustus Carpinetum adducendam curavit an. MDCCCLXIV. James Rumeli Loueli tristed a similis themo in his o Writ-
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ion sor the Celebration os tho Introduction os the Cochiluato Mater into tho City of Boston ' In severat stangas the thought and expression run on parallel lines:
Per caecos terrae, plumbo ducente, meat oblitam patriae me lubet ire viam
The texi solioned sor both os these poema is that os the Udino edition os 1893. In 1896 an edition de iure os the Pope's nine) poema in honor os the Blessed Virgin appeared hom the press of Descisie, Leshvro et Cie., Rome, With the titie Leonia XIII. In Mariam Uirginem Moseuli. Tho variations in tho textis are here notia:
Horrida monstra surens ex Acheronte vomit s1893ὶ Horricla monstra surens evomit ex Erebo 1896 . Tu mihi virtutem, robur et asscle novum 18sa Tu mihi virtutem sumco magnanimam 1896 . IIa Si mens sollicitis Icta cupidinibus i 1893ὶ Si mens sollicitis acta cupiclinibus 1896ὶ .m natum aerumnis videria usque premi 18M H natum aerumnis videris implicitum 1896 . Detruso stygii daomone acl ima lacus IM3 Detruso in sedes daemone tartareas 18963. Lumina sema manu molliter ipsa tege 1893 Lumina condo pia molliter lwa manu 18κ).
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Matris amorem et cultum quoties ex occasione liceat excitare in christiano populo et augere, toties Nos mirifica voluptate et laetitia persundimur, tanquam de ea re qnae non solum Per Se i a Praem-tissima est multisque modis frugifera, sed etiam cum intimo animi Nostri sensu suavissime conciniti Sancta nimirum erga Mariam pietas, semel ut paene cum lacte suximus, crescente Retate, Succrevit alacris valuitque in animo firmius: eo namque illustrius menti -- parebat quanto illa esset et amore et honore digna, quam Deus ipse amavit et dilexit primus, atque ita dilexit, ut unam ex universitaterorum sublimius evectam ampli imiriue ornatam muneribus sibi adjunxerit matrem.
Theol. ') U Not an unlihely hypothesis, Whose mystical signiscancemight have been sui ther illustratod by the titie of in Mystica in tho Litany os Loretio, and tho Bose os Sharon a poetical appellation. The vorta with Which Wisdom exalta herseu aro applied mysticatly to the Blessod Virgin: I Was exalted . . . Ma ros plant in Iericho E l. xxiv. 18 . In somoWhat similars hion, attribution is made os the glory os Simon the bigh-priest a. 1. 8 : as the ssouer os roses cssos rosarum) in the dvs os spring, ' and the pruise of the just tb., xxxix. II): 'as the roseplanted by tho bmolis os Walem.
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In the Paraphrasea the Rogary is also cauod sertum, rosea corolla. ciently it Was styled Psalterium Marianum, V in imitation os the 160 Psalms. Alanus Rupensis assios De re onsmhy it should bo called Psalterium rather than Rogarium, CoronR, or Sertum. His second argument is : U Secundo, vocabula CORONA, ROSARIUM, SERTUM metaphorica sunt, ex similitudine dicta ; psalterium vero a psallendis Deo laudibus nomen habens, proprie est oratio' sapud Aeta Mnes. , Aug., T. I., p. 423, Where an elaborate historical treaiment os the devotion is oven, pp. 422 373. Tho fidit line os the Durth Paraphrase mentions the name o Gusman, i. e. , St. Dominio, Who, about the year 1208, is inid in havo introduced the Rogary in iis present som. Ηe Was bom, in 1170, at Callamega CHahorra, in old Castile), of the γπersulhouse of G man. In tho sol lowing poem, Adiutrici Christianorum, he is r ferred to :
Adluit at Virgo : merius, Pietate Verendum Finibus hispanis invocat ipsa Virum.
Tho tillo Help os Christians ' Auxilium Christianorum) Wasinsorted in tho Litany os Lorotto by St. Pius V., aster the mareelous victory of Lepanto. In his devotional and historicia troatmentos this Titie, Barthe Litantea, etc., pp. 18 7ὶ gives a number os illustrations os tho heavonly protection inordia by tho Blessed Virgin. Amongst them ho cites that os mus VII. over Napoleon, a moria victory Which is commemorared by a special Feast orderedis that Pontiff to be celobrated on tho 24th os Μay the dv of his ento into Rome), in honor os the Auxilium Christianorum. Leo XIII. cites in his poem two illustrious instances os tho hespos the Blessed Virgin, namely, the labore of SL Dominio in spre-ing the devotion os the Rosa among the Albigenses, and the splendid victory os the Christian fleet over the Turri near the Echinades istanda. Lines 5 18 celebrate the former; lines 19 4tho lalter. Besides the vindication os St. Dominio made by Lacordalae, a very excellent biography by Archbishop Alemany telis With great clearnem and moderation the pari inhen by him in the matter os tho Albigenses. This is not, ho ever, the place to enter umn hollydisputed mattere; and the allusion to St. Dominio suggesta merely
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an interesting quotation illustrative os the poem: There remia yet ono more particular in be mentioned a ut the Albigenses . . .
Crom, nor reatly risen hom the dead, nor reatly ascended into heaven. When, theresore, the holy SL Dominio came to laboramong these miserable heresim, and Wished both to reclaim thono vho had been atready deceived, and in confirm in the true salinthose fouis that had not yet Men corrupted , he instituted this somos prayer, in Which the whole history os our Loes' a lila. passion, and resurrection, is brought besore our minds, in be thought a utand meditate I upon in prayer by means os What are called the joy- fui, formWsul, and glorious mysteries. I do not mean to say butthat the practicos os frequently reci ting Our Father and the Hail Mary, and os muniing the number os PraFere is meana os Sinnes, Mada, or other such marks, Were sar more ancient than the da of St. Dominio; but the union os these t o practices in that particular form which we stili use, and Whicli κε cali the Mino, Was certainlysmi made by him, and sor the Purp e Ne have mentioned, Viri, deeply to impress upon the minds and hestris os the Deopte the great fundamental truth os Christianity, God made man.' It Was, in laci, an abridment os the Whole Gospei history-the Aum and substance of tho G pel put into a shori and simple som, Whicli eventho morest and most ignorant could frequently repeat and easily r member: nor can we doubi that it Was by a species inspiration homheaven that St. Dominic Was led to establisi, a devotion vllita has come so universat in the Church, and which has been so abund-
antly bl sed in the instruction and salvation os fouis minia of atom, P. 99).Ιt is but proper to say that the ascription to St. Dominio of tho institution of the Bosa , and of the practice os meditating on thoΜysteries during ita recitation, have been questioned is Catholio
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Writers. A very elaborate discussion os these questions may besound in tho Aeta Sanetorum Aug. T. L). In quoting as Me have dono, in order to illustrate the poems, Me do not pretend in pasa any judment on the questions in dispute, but have endeavored merelyto mahe the historical allusions olear. The second instance of the assistance rendered by the Blesa Virgin, namely, at the batile os Lepanto, is Worthy os greater space than may be accorded it in Our comments. The batile deserves tobe ranked among the decisive batiles os the worid. It Uare ted sorever the danger os Mahomotan invasion in the Muth os Europe,' says Alison. St. Pius V., os Whom Ranke has test us such a gloWing portrait, Was then in tho Chair os Peter lGTI . It is not tobe supposed,'' inys Cardinat Newman The Turis, iii, 63, thata Mint on whom lay the solicitudo os ali the churches,' should neglect the tradition Whicli his predecessore os so many centuri had bequeathed to him, os gesti and hostili ty against the TurrishmWer. ΙΙe Was Only siX Feum on the pontificat throne, and thoachievenient os Which I am going to speah Was among his last; hediod ille sollowing year. At this time the Ottoman armies Nere continuing their co se os victory; they had just inhen Cyprus, Withthe active cooperation os the Greeli population os the istand, and Were masgacring the Latin nobili and clerin, and mutilating and flaying alive the Venetian wvernor. Vel the Saint found it impossibie to move Christendom to iis oWn delance. How, inde , Was that to bo done, When hals Christendom had be me Protestant. and secretly perhaps seli as the Greelis seli, that the Tork Nas ita friend and atly Τ In such a quarret England. France and Germany, em out os the question. At tength. hoWever, Mith great effori ho
ing the Guis os Venice, blochading the poris, and terrisying theoity iiseis But the holy Pone Was securing the succres os his cause by a s os his oWn, Whicli the Turri undent d not. Ηe had Menappointing a Triduo os supplication at Rome, and had talien pari in the procession himself Ηe had procles med a Jubiles in the whole Christian worid sor tho happy issue os the War. Ne had Men interesting tho Holy Virgin in his cause. Ηe presented to his admirat, aster high mam in his chapel, a standard os red damash, embroidered Wilh a crucifix, and with the figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, and the legend, In hoc signo vinces ' . . . A Ordingly,
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monasteries and the colleges Mere in prayer also. As the eveningadu ced the pontifices troasurer asked an audience of the Soveret Pontifron an important matter. Pius Was in his hedroom, and binon to converse With him, When suddenly he stopped the conversation, test him, threW open the WindoW and gaged up into heaven. Then closing it again, he looked gravely at his officiat, and said,' This is no timo sor businem; go, retum thanis to the Lord God. In this very hour our fleet has enmged the Turri, and is victorious.' As the treasurer Wont out . he saW him sali on his De foro the altar in thanksuinem and joy. And a most memorabie victory it Was: upWarda os 30 000 Turri are said to have lost their livos in thoengagement, and 3,500 Were made prisonore. Almost their Wholesseet was inhen. I quoto hom Protestant authorities When I saythat the Sullan, on the neWs of the calamity, netther ate, Dor drank, nor AhoWed himself, nor saW any one sor three dvs; that it urna thegreat est blow Which the Ottomans had had since Timoufs Victoryover Bajaget, a century and a hias besore; Day, that it Was the tum- ing-point in the Τurhish history, and that, though the Sullans havo had i lated successes since, yet isom that day they undeniably and constantly declined; that they have lost their pres e and their MIRoonfidence, and that the victories gained over them since are but thecomplementa and reverberations os the overthrow at Lepanto. yy e Breviary, in the 6th Lemon os the Feast trist. M. Rosarii associales this victory with the Bosa : Nam cum illa ipsa die victoria relata sit, qua die sanctissimi Bosarii sodalitates per universum orbem consuetas SuPPlicationes Peragerent, Statutasque Pre a de more sunderent, iis precibus haud immerito resertur accepta. The poem recalis the prophetic promise os victo , made is Piusto his admirat:
Miriam ex hoste triumphum Fatidico edixit praeaclum ore mus.
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phait la croix dans le gois de Lepante V ib., p. 740 . In his encyclicat sor October, I 895, the Pope spealis os the projectos erecting at Ρatras, on the Guis of Lepanto, a basilica in honor os Our Lady of Vieto . to stand as a perpetuat memorial os gratitudo
and veneration: U' Illud spectamus propositum . . . quod in Pedi nobili Conventu eucharistico, Hierosolymis acto, initium duxit, templi videlicet exaedificandi in honorem Reginae sacratissimi R arii; idque Ρatrae in Achaia, non procul a locis ubi olim nomen christianum. in auspice, eluxit. Ut enim a Consilio quod rei provehendae curandoque operi, probantibus Nobis, constitutum est, perlibentes accepimus, iam plerique vestrum rogati, collaticiam sti- pom omni diligentia in id submiserunt; etiam polliciti, se deinceps non dissimiliter adsore usque ad operis persectionem. Ex quo Satis iam est consultum, ut ad molitionem quae amplitudini rei conveniat. aggredi liceat: factaque est a Nobis potestas ut propediem auspicalis templi lapis sollemnibus caeremoniis ponatur. Stabit templum, nomine christiani populi. monumentum perennis gratiae Adiutrici et Matri caelesti; quae ibi et latino et graeco ritu assiduo invocabitur, et vetem beneficia novis usque velit praesentior cumulare 'Πis Eminenco Cardinia Paro hi Was placed at the head os tho Commission having the work in charm. The basilica, With conventa and schoola attachia, Will be a nobie memorial and monument.
Cardinat Ioseph Pecci, brothor os the Pope died in tho year 1800. His lise had beon devoted to the study os philosophy. He taught this branch at the seminary os Derugia, untii nominated by Pius IX. to the chair os philosophy in the Roman University. Ηe took partin the work of severat philosophical and theological Commissions Which prepared matter sor the deliberations os the Vatican Guncit. Aster the capture os Rome he resused to inhe the oath os lyal
exacted by the nem goverament Dom professore os the universities, and was in consequence compelled in resim. He contined, hoWeVer, in inve lectures in philosophy at the lastitute sor Higher
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he detaehed himself more and more Dom the thium os the Worid. Ηe collected an immenso mam os manuscripta, the fruita os his longyeare os study, and commandia that they inould be burni. Seoingthe flames devour in a moment tho produci os labore so Prolonged, he was momentari ly troubled. but immediately regesned his chee sulneas, and with his om hands sanned the flames. Some one r proached him sor having thias caused an irreparabie losa to the sindyos Christian philosophy. I have formed discipies, ' he replied, .ho Will ex mund my visus Miter than myseis. V Neverthelem, e cannot but regret da the vester I quote , the destruction o these manuscripta. They comprised Very important Works; amonoeother' a critical history os the modem systems os philosophy.
Iustitiae motum satis est; admissa plavi 1st Iustitiae Iactum satis est: poenisque solutum 2d . Numine propitio tibi sint cum senore multo Felices inlu pro relligione labores Ist Sic ubi sellces, largo sic senore vigni Sint initi sancta pro reuigione labor 243.
Enitar gemitu lacrimisque abstergere culpaE s18t Incensa ex imo ducens suspiria come Ploratu maculas clelere enitar amaro 26).