PREFACE. 



ERRATUM. 



p. 78, note 1, 1. 19 ; /or " were in orders, for the most part in holy 

 orders ;" read " were generally speaking in holy orders; " 



is chilled, or a lustier offspring turns unnaturally 

 to curse the dead ; so in their decrepitude lay 

 the Middle Ages upon modern life ; and the Middle 

 Ages were accursed, until certain pious men sought 

 to reanimate their vestments and their formulas, 

 and to set the hands back on the dial of the 



