Banished, outcast. ↩
Matthew 15:26, 27. ↩
Faith. ↩
Delivered from that place where is outer darkness. ↩
Same. ↩
Latin, coeli lilium. Such punning derivations of proper names were very much in favour in the Middle Ages. The explanations of St. Cecilia’s name are literally taken from the prologue to the Latin legend. ↩
Purity. ↩
Latin, caeci via. ↩
From “Coelum,” and “ligo,” I bind. ↩
Qualities. ↩
Greek, λαος, ληος, (Ion.) λεως (Att.), the people. ↩
Signifies. ↩
Spiritually. ↩
This passage suggests Horace’s description of the wise man, who, among other things, is “in se ipse totus, teres, atque rotundus.” —Satires, 2, VII 86 ↩
Why she had her name. ↩
Heart. ↩
Garment of haircloth. ↩
Guide, keep. ↩
Unspotted, blameless. ↩
Praying. ↩
Secret. ↩
If. ↩
For the first time. ↩
Doubt. ↩
Govern, dispose of. ↩
Believe. ↩
Rome. ↩
Business. ↩
Depart. ↩
Lingering, or lying concealed; the Latin original has “Inter sepulchra martyrum latiantem.” ↩
Shepherd, keeper. ↩
That. ↩
Servant, handmaid. ↩
But lately, newly. ↩
Took, lifted. ↩
Then. ↩
Truer. ↩
Crowns. ↩
Mate, husband. ↩
Unspotted, blameless. ↩
Decayed. ↩
Unless. ↩
Request. ↩
Then. ↩
Perceived. ↩
Into another being or nature. ↩
Beloved. ↩
Truth. ↩
Verily. ↩
For the first time. ↩
Tell. ↩
Renounce. ↩
The fourteen lines within brackets are supposed to have been originally an interpolation in the Latin legend, from which they are literally translated. They awkwardly interrupt the flow of the narration. ↩
Foresake. ↩
Confession. ↩
Allot, appropriate. ↩
Moreover. ↩
Deaf. ↩
Believeth. ↩
Chosen friend. ↩
Then. ↩
Dwelleth. ↩
Corners. ↩
Burn. ↩
Nevertheless. ↩
Reasonably. ↩
Reasonable. ↩
Spirit. ↩
Endowed them with a soul. ↩
Doubt. ↩
Dwell. ↩
Truth. ↩
Wit; the devising or constructive faculty; Latin, ingenium. ↩
Employed. ↩
Full. ↩
Request, favour. ↩
Granted, successful. ↩
Questioned. ↩
Strike. ↩
Of whom I tell you. ↩
The secretary or registrar who was charged with publishing the acts, decrees and orders of the prefect. ↩
Seized. ↩
Led. ↩
Doctrine, teaching. ↩
Began. ↩
To wrest, root out. ↩
Believe. ↩
In a company. ↩
Mien. ↩
Beloved. ↩
See 2 Tim. 4:7, 8; “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith,” etc. ↩
Relate. ↩
Steadfast. ↩
On the spot. ↩
Caused him to be cruelly or fatally beaten; the force of the “to” is intensive. ↩
Quit. ↩
Burn incense to. ↩
Teaching. ↩
Opinion. ↩
Believe. ↩
Die. ↩
First of all. ↩
Ignorantly. ↩
Asked. ↩
Certainly. ↩
Punishment. ↩
Deny. ↩
Renounce. ↩
Nobility. ↩
Mad. ↩
Judgment. ↩
True. ↩
Confounded in thy jolly. ↩
Dissembles. ↩
Grows mad, furious. ↩
Thoughts, consideration. ↩
Unhappy. ↩
Mortally. ↩
Truth. ↩
Falsehood. ↩
Give life to. ↩
Cease, have done with. ↩
Then. ↩
Foolish. ↩
Folly. ↩
Every sort of way. ↩
Ignorant. ↩
Very, selfsame. ↩
Advise. ↩
Examine, test. ↩
Everywhere; or, above all things. ↩
Shut, confine. ↩
Kindled, applied. ↩
Leave. ↩
Message, order. ↩
Then. ↩
Executioner. ↩
Cause such torture, exercise such severity of punishment. ↩
Mangled, gashed.
