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mistakes have been made respecting it, it is desirable to put 

 on record a somewhat full account of its contents. 



It consists of 162 poems, of which 150 (corresponding to 

 the number of the Psalms) contain the history of the Old 

 Testament, and constitute probably the original work, which 

 was hence called the Psalter of Poems. Then follow two 

 poems of a penitential character, and ten on the Resurrection 

 and history of the New Testament. 



The first poem consists of eighty quatrains, or stanzas of 

 four lines each. It describes the omnipotence, eternity, omni- 

 science, and omnipresence of God ; the creation of the world 

 from chaos ; the elements ; the firmament ; the planets, stars, 

 and signs of the zodiac ; the course of the sun, and the whole 

 system of ancient astronomy. It begins : 



"TTlo 'Rtfi TCij Tiime ndm" 



" My King is the triumphant King of heaven !" 



The second poem begins thus : 



" "Ri 00 pigrie "Ricech peil" 



" The King who made the heavenly city." 



It consists of seventy-eight quatrains, and describes " the 

 heavenly city ;" the throne of God ; the hosts of angels ; and 

 all that is revealed in Scripture of the order and inhabitants of 

 heaven. 



The third poem describes the creation of angels and arch- 

 angels, with the names of the chief angels. 



The third poem consists of nine stanzas only, and describes 

 the fall of Lucifer, with his sentence and condemnation. 



The fourth poem describes the horrors and torments of 

 hell. It consists of twenty-three quatrains. 



The fifth consists of twenty-nine quatrains, and contains a 

 description of Paradise, the creation of Adam and Eve, and 

 the placing of Paradise at their command. 



The sixth poem consists but of six quatrains, and relates 



