396 CIRCLE OF THE HOURS. 



NoPtemqnc sois reduxerit, 

 Murifli per abstineiitiam 

 Ipsi caiiannis uloriiLin. 

 lico Patii sit liloriu, 

 Ejusque soli Filio, 

 Cum Spiiitu Paruclito, 

 In scmpiteiua saecula. 



VII. O'CLOCK A.M. Not Canonical. 



Obs. It was the custom throughout the middle ages in private 

 Families, as in some now, where there was no regular attendance iu 

 the church except on Sundays and festivals, to say together the 

 Morning Prayers before Breakfast at this hour. They consisted of 

 the Pater and the Ave Maria, the Credo and Confiteori, with Acts 

 of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and a Hymn. If just before break- 

 fast, the Jam Lucis, as given in our account of six o'clock, or occa- 

 sionally the following : 



Hymntis, ad VII. mane. 

 Campana jam ecclcsiae 

 Hoiam soiietquest-ptimam " 

 Sol atqiie scaiidit aureus 

 Majoie coelum tramite, . 

 Lux ecce lustians aetliera 

 Pallens facescat caecitas, 

 Quae iiosmet in praeceps diu 

 Errore traxit deyio 



Haec lux seienum conferat, * 



Purosque nos praestet sibi : 

 Nihil loquamur subdolum, 

 Volvanius obscurura nihil. 

 Sic tota decurrat dies, 

 Ne lingua mendax, ne maims, 

 Oculive peccent lubrici, 

 Ne noxa corpus inquinet. 

 Speculator adstat desuper, 

 Qui nos diebus omnibus. 

 Actusqne nostros pro«picit 

 A luce prima in vespernm. 

 Deo Patri sit gloria, 

 Ej usque soli Filio, 

 Cum Spiritu Paraclito, 

 Nunc, & per omne saeculu. 



VIII. O'CLOCK A.M. Not Canonical. 



Hymims. 



Sargente Lucis Lampade 

 Dies plenus illubitur 

 ■ Luiis resultat spiculum : 

 Discedat omne lubricum. 

 Pliantasma noctis exulet: 

 Mentis reatus corruat : 



