The Sword of Song

NOTES 49 “158. In istam influentiam extenditur ex- pansio aporrhœæ supernæ, quæ est caput omnium capitum : quod non cognoscitur nec perficitur, quodque non norunt nec superi, nec inferi : propterea omnia ab ista influentia de- pendent. “159. In hanc barbam tria capita de quibus diximus, expandantur, & omnia consociantur in hac influentia, & inveniuntur in ea. “160. Et propterea omnis ornatus ornatuum ab ista influentia dependent. “161. Istæ literæ , quæ dependent ab hoc Seniore, omnes pendent in ista barba, & conso- ciantur in ista influentia. “162. Et pendent in ea ad stabiliendas literas alteras. “163. N isi enim illæ literæ ascenderunt in Seniorem, reliquæ istæ literæ non stabilirentur. “164. Et propterea dicit Moses cum opus esset : Tetragrammaton, Tetragrammaton bis : & ita ut accentus distinguat utrumque. “165. Certe enim ab influentia omnia de- pendent. “166. Ab ista influentia ad reverentiam adi- guntur superna & inferna, & flectuntur coram ea. “167. B eatus ille, qui ad hanc usque per tingit.” Idra Suta, seu Synodus minor. Sectio VI. 75. Forehead.23—“496. Frons Cranii est frons ad visitandum : (Al. ad eradicandum) peccatoras. “497. Et cum ista frons detegitur tunc ex- citantur D omini Judiciorum, contra illos qui non erubescunt in operibus suis. “498. Hæc frons ruborem habet roseum. Sed illo tempore, cum frons Senioris erga hanc frontem detegitur, hæc apparet alba ut nix. “499. Et illa hora vocatur Tempus bene- placiti pro omnibus. “500. In libro D issertationis Scholæ Raf Jebha Senis dicitur : Frons est receptaculum frontis Senioris. Sin minus, litera C heth inter duas reliquas interponitur, juxta illud : (Num. xxiv. 17) {jmw et confringet angulos Moab. “501. Et alibi diximus, quod etiam vocatur hxn, literis vicinis permutatis : id est, superatio. “502. Multæ autem sunt Superationes : ita ut Superatio alia elevata sit in locum alium : & aliæ dentur Superationes quæ extenduntur in totum corpus. “503. Die Sabbathi autem tempore precum pomeridianarum, ne excitentur judicia, dete- gitur frons Senioris Sanctissimi. “504. Et omnia judicia subiguntr ; & quamvis extent, tamen non exercentur. (Al. et sedantur.) “505. Ab hac fronte dependent viginti quatuor tribunalia, pro omnibus illis, qui pro- tervi sunt in operibus. “506. Sicut scriptum est : (Ps. lxxiii. 11) Et dixerunt : quomodo sit Deus ? Et estne scienta in excelso ? “507. At vero viginti saltem sunt, cur adduntur quatuor ? nimirum respectu suppli- ciorum, tribunalium inferiorum, quæ a supernis dependent. “508. Remanent ergo viginti. Et propterea neminem supplico capitali afficiunt, donec compleverit & ascenderit ad viginti annos ; respectu viginti horum tribunalium. “509. Sed in thesi nostra arcana docuimus, per ista respici viginti quatuor libros qui continentur in Lege.” Idra Suta, seu Synodus minor. Sectio XIII. 77. Chains.24—Sakkâha-ditthi, V ikikikkhâ, silabbata-parâmâsa, kâma, patigha, rûparâga, arûparâga, mâno, uddhakka, aviggâ. 81. “ Who asks doth err.”25—Arnold, Light of Asia. 83. You.26—You ! 86. “ O’erleaps itself and falls on the other.”27—Macbeth, I. vii. 27. 92. English.28—This poem is w ritten in English. 94. I cannot write.29—This is not quite true. For instance: This, the opening stanza of my masterly poem on Ladak, reads :—“The way was long, and the w ind was cold : the Lama was infirm and advanced in years ; his prayer-wheel, to revolve which was his only pleasure, was carried by a disciple, an orphan.” There is a reminiscence of some previous incarnation about this : European critics may possibly even identify the passage. But at least the Tibetans should be pleased.* * They were ; thence the pacific character of the British expedition of 1904.—A.C.