VI. PROLEGOMENA. 



2d. The next subject noticed is the flowering of 

 Plants, ripening of Fruits, the appearance of 

 migratory Birds and Animals, and other natural 

 objects, according as they occur during the round 

 of the Seasons : and 3dly. Some select Poetry, 

 collected or translated from approved authors, 

 relating to either of the above subjects, is sub- 

 joined for the entertainment of the reader. 



In the cursory account of the Move- 

 able Festivals, and the Circle of the Hours in 

 the Supplementary Additions, beginning at page 

 367, I have given but an imperfect account of 

 the subject professed to be treated of, taken often 

 from obsolete authorities or from books relatinff 

 to local usages, and the Hymns selected are often 

 from particular Breviaries or works of private 

 devotions. In the Comes Quotidiana in the Ap- 

 pendix will be found merely a Selection of 

 Prayers used ailtiently, or still used, ad Sancti- 

 ficandam Diem, by pious people. Indexes at 

 the end will be found superadded, in order to 

 guide the enquirer to any particular subject he 

 may desire to be informed of. The best mode of 

 employing this work will be to use the Comes 

 Quotidiana daily, and read, also on each day, the 

 page which relates to it. 



To begin with the first part, as the Saints 

 whose histories are recorded were the principal 

 persons who constitute the Apostolical Ministers 



