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HOLY CUOSS TIDE. 



MAY 5. St. Pius V. pope and confessor, a.d. 1572. 



St. Hilary, bishop of Aries, 449. 



St. Angelus, martyr, 1225. 



St. Mauront, abbot, 706. 



St. Avertin, confessor, 1189. 



Obs, Michael Ghisleri, known afterwards by the narae of 

 Pius V. was born at Bosco on the 27th of January, 1504. Pope 

 Paul IV. dying in 1559, he was succeeded by Pius IV. of the family 

 of IMedicis ; after occupying the chair about six years, Pius IV. died 

 on the 9th of December, 1565. 3Iichael Ghisleri was chosen for 

 his successor on the 7th of January, 1566, and toolc the name of 

 Pius. After governing the church six years and almost four months, 

 he died of the stone, on the 1st of May, 1572, bemg sixty eight 

 years, three months, and fifteen days old. He had suffered from 

 January the sharpest pains with the most heroic patience. 



Apple Tree Pyrus mains in full flower. 



Rough Crowsfoot Ranunculus hersutus flowers. 



Germander Speedwell Veronica chamoedris flowers. 



The Apple Trees are by this time in full bloom, and an orchard 

 now presents a beautiful spectacle. The early Cherry Trees, Plums, 

 and Pears, are beginning to go out of blossom. Bulbous Crowsfoot 

 begins to be common. Elms have now expanded their leaves, and 

 Oaks are in young leaf. 



Nightingales are in full song. From the time of Homer to the 

 present day the poets have ever considered the Nightingale as a 

 melancholy fowl, and the tragic fable of Philomela still continues to 

 be associated with this bird. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, 

 all concur in describing the Nightingale's strains as fraught with 

 melancholy. One instance from tlie latter will suffice : 



On tliee, who bnild'st thy tanefnl seat 

 Protected by the leafy groVes, I call, 



O Niijhliniiale ! thy accents evcrsweet, 

 Theirmunnuring, melancholy fall 



Prolong ; O come, and with thy plaintive strain 

 Aid me to utter my distress ! 



Zuben et Gubi in the constellation Libra now rises acronycally 

 in south east by south. 



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