XCVl. PROLEGOMENA. 



with sacred history ; wiiich erected pious images, 

 and lighted candles and lamps to them ; which 

 garnished the altar ; which placed the cock, the 

 emblem of vigilance, on the top of the steeple ; 

 and which, in short, made every thing typical 

 of religious obligation, and became a daily in- 

 centive to the Cardinal virtues, by resuscitating 

 great events in our memories. The same pious 

 spirit hung the ivy and holy berries up at Christ- 

 mas, burnt lights on the eve of the Purification, 

 in short, caused all the festive joys and cere- 

 monies connected with our religion, at a time 

 when the merry wake, ami Christmas carol, and 

 the festive mirth of New Year's day, gladdened 

 the heart of the rich and the poor, assembled 

 together in a season of joyousness, and in the 

 gothic hall of Old British Hospitality, before 

 the desolating violence of the pretended Refor- 

 mation enervated the vigour of the mind, paralysed 

 the hand of charity, and gave us pauperism and 

 the poor laws as a substitute. 



But we will take a few more examples. 

 Enter into any garden, and the common name of 

 iilarygold, Our Ladifs Seal, Our Lady''s Bed- 

 straw, Holy Oak, corrupted into Holyhock, 

 The Virgiii's Thistle, St. Barnahy''s Thistle, 

 Herb Trinity, Herb St. Christopher, Herb 

 St. Robert, Herb St. Timothy, Jacob' s Ladder, 

 Star of Bethlehem, now called Ornithogalum ; 



