Altars.
Ante tnoB ortns arae sine honore fnenint,
liber, et in gelidis herba reperta focis.
Te memorant, Gangs totoq' Oriente snbacto,
Primitias magno seposnisse Jovi.
Cinnama tn primus captiTaqne thnra, dedisti,
Deq' trimnphato yisoera tosta bove.
Nomine ab aactoris dncnnt libamina nomen,
Libaq' : qnod sacris pars datnr inde focis.
Liba Deo finnt : snccis quia dnlcibns ille
Gandet, et a Baecho mella reperta fenmt— [F. iii. 727-736.]
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Cymballs.
Jamq' erat ad Bhodopen Pangseaq' flmnina Yentom:
Aerif ere comitnm concrepnire manus.
£cce noYSB coeunt volncres, tinnitibns acte,
Qnosq' moyent sonitns aera, seqnuntor apes.
Golligit errantes, et in arbore clandit inani
Liber: et inventi praemia mellis habet.*[F. iii. 739-744.]
Beating brasse-paunes, &c., when Bees doe swarme, y/^^ custome is still observed.
Minerva ye Patronesse of Scholars, Shoemakers, Diers, &c: So S^ Luke for Painters, S^ Orispine for Shoemakers, &c.
Lib. IIIL April.
Tabors, hence Drummes.
—— prisciq' imitAmina facti
Aera Deae comites rancaq' terga movent.— [F. iy. 211-12.]
Li Herefordshire, &e. parts of the Marches of Wales, the Tabor and pipe were exceeding common : many Beggars begd with it : and the Peasants danced to it in the Churchyard on Holydayes and Holyday-eves.
The Tabor is derived from the Sistrum of the Romans (who had it from the ) (sc. a brazen or Iron Timbrel). Crotalum a Ring of Brass struck with an Iron rod: as we play now with the Key and Tongues.[1]
- ↑ [See Appendix.]
