4 3 ° A N T I QJLT I T I E S i'& c ,
of it’s being familiar, iince it would be as difficult to be explained
as the moft ftupendous phenomenon in nature.
Say, what impels, amidft furrounding fnow
Congeal’d, the crocus* flamy bud to glow ?
-Say, what retards, amidft thefummerV blaze, - O
Th’ autumnal bulb, till pale, declining days?
The G od of Seasons ; whofe pervading power
Controls the fun, or iheds the fleecy Ihower:
He bids ie,ach flower his* quiek’ning word obey; '
.Or to each lingering bloom enjoins delay.
A P P E N D I X .
A P P E N D I X ,
N U M B E R I.
No. 6.
Carta Tetri et conventus ecdejie Winton. pro fundatione prioratus de
Seleiurne, &c, dat. 1233.,
o mnibus Chrifti fidelibus ad quos prefens fcriptum pervenerir.
P. divina miferacione Winton ecclelie minifter humilis> falutem in
Domino : Ex officio paftorali tenemur viros religiofos, qui pauperes
fpiritu elfe pro Chrifto megledlis lucris temporalibus elegerunt;
fpirituali affeftu diligere, fovere pariter et creare, eorumq; quieti
follicite providere; ut tanto uberiores fruétus de continua in lege
Dei meditatione percipiant, quanto a conturbationibus maligno-
rum amplius fuerint ex patroni provifione et ecclefiaftica defenfione
fecuri. Hinc eft quod univerlitati veftre notificamus, nos divine
caritatis inftindtu, d e . aflerifu conventus eccfelie noftre Winton,
fundalfe domum religiofam, ordinis magni patris Auguftini, in
honore Dei et gloriofe femper virginis ejufdem Dei genetricis
Marie,