"Tinnitu adventum signans, oriantur an astra,
Narras, an purè lucida Luna micet."
To the last-mentioned part of his equipment, he owed the title of "Bellman."
The Bellman's duty, however, was not confined to crying the rising of the stars, or the shining of the moon, but he cheered his nightly round with many a chant:
Nocturnum multo carmine fallis iter."
The next lines are descriptive of the Bellman's poetry, and tell us the subjects of it. Of some of these I want explanation; and of all, examples. I am at a loss to explain the following four lines:
"Divorum hyberni menses quotcunque celebrant,
Cuique locum et versum dat tua musa suum:
Crispino ante omnes; neque enim sine carmine fas est
Nobile sutorum præteriisse decus."