第45章 NOTE

[1]A form of prostration,"at full length on the right side,"practiced by the Dominicans.

[2]viii.2

[3]Ecclesiasticus xxiv.24,26,27;xl.20

[4]Cant.vi.5

[5]Without prejudice,however,to their own individuality,as Suso elsewhere clearly teaches.

[6]Cor.ii.2

[7]Sancti Bernardi Sermones in Cantica Canticorum.Sermo xliii.

[8]Jeremias xxix.11

[9]Gen.ii.10

[10]According to a legend of the Middle Ages,the unicorn loves chastity so much that it can only be caught by a virgin,who in consequence lies in wait at a place where the unicorn is accustomed to seek its food,and which is no is no sooner conscious of the virgin's presence than it approaches her softly,and lays its head in her lap and falls asleep.Then she makes a sign,and the concealed hunters rush upon their prey.

[11]Psalm xvii.5

[12]According to a practice of the middle ages.

[13]Psalm cxiv.i.

[14]Psalm xxxii.i.