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tar, prepared, as we presume, by Somnus, as 

 it is related that the Queen of the Gods fell im- 

 mediately into a profound slumber, and that 

 Jupiter then placed the infant Hercules to her 

 breast, in order that the divine milk might enter 

 his frame, and so c^iuse his immortality. The 

 infant, enjoying the delights of the celestial 

 breast, drew the milk faster than he could swal- 

 low, whilst some drops of which therefore fell 

 to the earth, and from which this flower imme- 

 diately sprang up, and from this fable it was 

 called Rosa Junonio, Juno's Rose. 



Alciat tells us, in his celebrated and elegant 

 emblems, that celestial beauty is represented 

 surrounded by a Glory, half of the head hidden 

 in the clouds, and as holding a Lily in one hand, 

 and a compass and a ball in the other. The 

 same author says, that Beauty is represented 

 with a garland of Lilies and Violets. 



As all nations agree in making the Lily the 

 symbol of purity and modesty, it is the fit at- 

 tribute of beauty, and perhaps no inhabitants of 

 the earth blend it so happily with the Rose as 

 the fair daughters of Britain. In the Hebrew 

 language the name of Susannah signifies a Lily. 



St. Dominic is always represented as holding 

 a Lily, but we do not think that the establishing 

 of the Inquisition in Languedoc justifies the 



