Sallust (Vol. iii., p. 325.).
—May I ask your correspondent whether the following lines in the "Georgics" (iii. 284.), the most exact composition in existence, prove that they were first delivered by word of mouth, from notes only:—
"Sed fugit interea, fugit irreparabile tempus,
Singula dum capti circumvectamur amore."
I might add the passage in Pindar, 4th Pythian, 439.:
"Μακρά μοι νεῖσθαι κατ' ἀμαξιτὸν· ὥρα γὰρ συνάπτει· καί τινα οἶμον ἴσαμι βραχύν."
Such passages are common in all authors.
C. B.
Hand-bells at Funerals (Vol. ii., p. 478.).
—With reference to B.'s remark on the Host being often preceded by a hand-bell, it may more correctly be stated, that the Host, when carried in procession to the sick, is in all Catholic countries uniformly preceded by a bell, in order to warn all persons of its approach, that they may be ready to pay all due reverence as the procession passes. The ringing of the bell on this occasion was first instituted by the Cardinal Guido, who was sent Legate to Germany, to confirm the election of the Emperor Otto.