410 ox THE ANTIQUITIES OF 



g WEDNESDAY, or Dies Mercurii. Mecredi.— Fr. 



Ubs. Wednesday is called after tlie Saxon imaginarj' deity 

 Woden. 



The followintj prayer we find used for Wednesday among vestals, 

 zfter +Pater, Ave, &cc.: 



^d S. Mnrgoritam. 



O Sancia Slarg-arita quae Draconem temptalionis pedilui? calcasti, fer mihi 

 auxilium tuum ot robur ut cum omnes Muudi voluptates ripuens .Sanc^am V'ir- 

 giiiitatifin colo ac servo itant in lapsa teinporum thorias Saiictarum Vireinum 

 III coelo Laudcs, Beatae Virjriiiis .Matris Dei, ac Saiictae Trinitatis aeterno 

 canentium fruar in eternitdtem temporis. Per Dom. $t. Araeu. 



% THURSDAY, or Dies Jovis. Jeudi.— Fr. 



Obs. Thursday is from Thor, a Saxon god, to whom it was dedi- 

 cated. The office of St. Barbara used to be sung on Thursday, 

 and the day dedicated to her. 



Oratio pro inter cessione S. Barbarae. 

 O Sempeterne et misecort Deii.*, concede fradlitatis nostrae praesMium et 

 intercessioiiem servantis tuae Sanctae Barbarae, ut qui illius memoriam ser- 

 vamus, ejusauxilio a nostiis iniquitatibus resuriramus. For Cliristum Domi- 

 nuin uostrum. Aiueu. 



? FRIDAY, or Dies Veneris. Vendredi. — Fr. 



Obs. Friday comes from its tutelary goddess Frea, who an- 

 swered in her fictitious character to that of the Roman Venus. 



It was once the custom to say the little office of the Holy Cross 

 on Friday, observing the canonical hours ia reciting the parts of the 

 office proper for each. 



After the Pater, Ave, and Confiteor and Angelus, at night, the 

 following prayer : 



Al Angel de mteslra gnrd'i S. Rosa de Lima. 

 Dies que con divina providencia proveisteis al linage umajio del socorro de 

 Ids Aiigelos ; dadme sracia con que asi lioure al Anetl di mi efuarda, que me- 

 rezca ser in todo tiempo defendido por el per Jesucristo nuestio Senor. 



Then follows this orat on : 



Roqamo Vo?, Spnlior, nos coiicedais, que a poderosa intercessAo da Gloriosa 

 sempre V'ircrem Jlaria e de S. Rosa de Lima, nos assista em toda< as nossas 

 neccssidades, e nos fa^a chegar a vida eterna : For Jesu Christo nosso Senlior 

 vosso Filho, que comvosco, e com o Espirito Santo vive, e reina por todos os 

 seculos dos seculos. Amen. 



