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But in another part of Gruter's book, i. e. on the 

 Lack of thf titlepage and placed there by itself as a 

 kind of frontispiece to the volume, I find a short 

 Latin prayer, with the words " TEMPORIS PARTUS 

 MASCULUS, give Instauratio Magna imperil humani in 

 Universum" printed at the head of it. And as this 

 title cannot be applied with any propriety to the gen- 

 eral contents of the volume, I conclude that the prayer 

 in question was found by Gruter so headed, on a sepa- 

 rate sheet ; and that he placed it there by itself, not 

 knowing what particular piece to connect it with. The 

 manuscript of Valerius Terminus removes the difficulty. 

 Knowing as we do the proper title of the two chapters 

 above mentioned, we need not hesitate to connect the 

 prayer with them, and to place it in front of them ; 

 where, though very likely written later, it was prob- 

 ably intended to stand. 



So far I follow the example of M. Bouillet. But 

 with regard to two other fragments namely the 

 Aphorismi et Consilia, and the De Interpretations NatMu- 

 rce Sententice XII. which he has included under the 

 same title, I find no sufficient authority for his proceed- 

 ing. If indeed the typographical arrangement of Gru- 

 ter's volume could be trusted as a true indication of the 

 arrangement of the manuscripts from which he printed 

 it, we should be obliged to consider the Sentential XII. 

 a< immediately connected with the chapter headed Tra- 

 il- mil Modus Legitimus, and introductory to it. But 

 his book is put together with so little care or skill in 

 that respect, and shows so little editorial capacity of 

 any kind, that I do not think any such inference can 

 iti-ly drawn. And I see no apparent connexion 

 M tli. two writings except such as necessarily 



