Unto the blisful Citherea benigne"
two hours before it was day, and that he repaired to her temple "in hire hour."
In the third hour afterwards,
"Up rose the sonne, and up rose Emelie
And to the temple of Diane gan hie."
Her prayer also was favourably heard by the deity to whom it was addressed; the first hour of Monday (the natural day beginning at sunrise) being subject to Luna or Diana. The orisons of Palamon were offered two hours earlier, namely, in the twenty-third hour of Sunday, which is similarly subject to Venus, the twenty-fourth or last hour belonging to Mercury, the planet intermediate between Venus and the Moon. It is on this account that Palamon is said to have prayed to Venus in her hour.
Arcite's vows were made later in the day than those of Palamon and Emelie. We are told that
"The nexte hour of Mars following this,"
(namely after Emelie's return from the temple of Diana)
"Arcite unto the temple walked is