406 CIRCLE OF THE HOURS. 



X. O'CLOCK P.M. Not a Canonical Hour. 



Obs. Sometimes the Night Prayers were said at ten o'clock, 

 and a hymn sang. 



Hymnus ad X. P.M. vel cumprimo StcUae visae tant, in omni tempore- 

 Mir&mur, 6 Dens, taae 

 Stellatnra opns pot(!ntiae, 

 Quae scripta scintill&ntibus 

 Refulget astruruiii globis. 

 Ut sol diei, c&ndida 

 Sic Inna nocti praesidet : 

 Exfercitu totum novo 

 Discrimiuaut stellae poluni. 

 At ipse, coelurum decus, 

 Sol novit occasus suos : 

 Sunt certa lunae t^mpora, 

 Statique lapsus siderum. 

 Jugi rotita turbine 

 Furantur & reddan diem : 

 Tu semper idem, n^scius 

 Mortilinm speni f&llere. 

 Turbata quid mens fluctuet ? 

 CurS paterna nos regis : 

 Aeterna si cordi salus, 

 Aeterna uos salus manet. 

 Sujjr^ma laus & gl6ria 

 Uni sit & trino Deo, 

 Sno rep6ui qui jubet 

 Cnras & angures sinn. 



XI. O'CLOCK P.M. Not Canonical. 



Obs. By eleven o'clock the religious orders used to be abed and 

 asleep. Those who woke by chance, or who were roused by the 

 clock striking for a minute or two, often recited a prayer or sung a 

 hymn. 



Hymnus ad XI, P.M. 



Jam itenim cumpana 

 Nnnquam dennncio vana 

 De turte sine mora 

 Sonat, uudeeima bora. 

 Jam fessos arlus quies 

 Fovet, cum cessat dies 

 Jam pia ratione 

 Jam multadevotione 

 Pro toa protectioue 

 Te oremus Sancta Maria. 



