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still in their nests during the heat of midday, begin again to be 

 seen about on the wing in summer time. In the vernal time, how- 

 ever, birds do not sing so much now as they do in the morning. 

 Hymnus ad II. P.M. 



Telluris alme Conditoi', 



Mundi solnm qui separans, 



Pnlsis aquae molestiis • 



Terram dedisti immobilem. 



Vt germen aptum proferens, 



Folvis decora floribus, 



Fecundafructu sisteret, 

 [ Pastumque gratum redderet: 



I Mentis perustae vulnera 



Miinda virore gratiae; 



Vt facta fletudiluat, 



Motusque pravos atterat. 



lussis tuis obtemperet : 



Nullis malis appioximet : 



Bonis repleri gaudeat, 



Et mortis ictum nesciat. 



Praesta, Pater piissime, 



Patrique compar Unice, 



Cum SpiritQ Paraclito , 



Regnans per omne saecalum. 



III. O'CLOCK P.M. NONES. 



Hymnus ad Nonam. 

 Rerum Deus tenax vigor, 

 Immotus iu te permanens, 

 Lucis diurnae tempera 

 Successibus determinans. 

 Largire lumen vesperfe, 

 Quo vita nusquam decidat, 

 Sed praemium mortis sacrae 

 Perennis iiistet gloria. 

 Praesta, Pater piissime, 

 Patrique compar Vnice, 

 Cum Spiritu Paraclito 

 Regnans per omne saeculum. 



IV. O'CLOCK P.M. Not Canonical, generally of 

 Recreation. 



Hymnus ad IVn. horam P.M. vel occidente sole. 



Labente jam solis rota, 

 Inclinat in noctem dies ; 

 Sic vita supremam cito 

 Festinat ad metara gradu. 

 Christe, dum fixus cruci 

 Expandis orbi br&chia, 

 Am&re da crucem ; tuo 

 Da nos in amplexu mori. 

 Deo Patri sit gloria, 

 Ejasque soli Filio, 

 Sancto simul cum Spiritu, 

 Nunc, & per omne S(5culum. 



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