For he passed the greater part of 1666 at his father-in-law's house, and dedicated to Howard his Annus Mirabilis.

His next piece, was his Annus Mirabilis, or the Year of Wonders, 1668, an historical poem, which celebrated the duke of York's victory over the Dutch.

From some of the scholars of our year who sat at table with scholars of that year I heard that they distinguished us as 'the impudent year,' 'the annus mirabilis' &c.

Mortuus est apud Westmonasterium, annum agens quadragesimum sextum, qui fuit annus salutis humanæ, 1413.

century, millennium; annus magnus

[Footnote 3: Annus Mirabilis, st. 39.]

We remember thinking our namesake's statue one of the most graceful in the Abbey, and have always fallen back on the memory of that and of Dryden's Achates of the "Annus Mirabilis," as trophies of the family.

Hail, One, thou mighty being, of myriad forms and aspects, thou king of the world, prince of Annu (Heliopolis), lord of eternity, and ruler of everlastingness!

" "Praise [Footnote: Ibid., p. 34.] be unto thee, O Osiris, lord of eternity, Un-nefer, Heru-Khuti (Harmachis) whose forms are manifold, and whose attributes are great, who art Ptah-Seker-Tem in Annu (Heliopolis), the lord of the hidden place, and the creator of Het-ka-Ptah (Memphis) and of the gods

"Homage to thee, O thou who art the starry deities in Annu, and the heavenly beings in Kher-aba; [Footnote: A district near Memphis.]

thou god Unti, [Footnote: A god who walks before the boat of the god, Af, holding a star in each hand.] who art more glorious than the gods who are hidden in Annu.

It is impossible to say exactly what the religious views of the king were, but it is certain that he wished to substitute the cult of Aten, a form of the Sun-god worshipped at Annu (i.e., On or Heliopolis) in very ancient times, for that of Amen.

The nations rejoice in thee, and the Souls of Annu [Footnote: i.e., R[=a], Shu and Tefnut.]

May loaves of bread be given unto me in the house of coolness, and offerings of food and drink in Annu (Heliopolis), and a homestead for ever and for ever in the Field of Reeds [Footnote: A division of the "Fields of Peace" or Elysian Fields.] with wheat and barley therefor.

My purity is the purity of the great Bennu which is in the city of Suten-henen (Heracleopolis), for, behold., I am the nostrils of the God of breath, who maketh all mankind to live on the day when the Eye of R[=a] is full in Annu (Heliopolis) at the end of the second month of the season PERT.

I have seen the Eye of R[=a] when it was full in Annu;

"Hail [=A]nti, who comest forth from Annu (Heliopolis), I have not given way to wrath without due cause.

Let me have the power to order my own fields in Tattu (Busiris), and my own growing crops in Annu.

Astrea Reddux welcomed the returning Charles; Annus Mirabilis commemorated a year of fire and victories, Besides these he wrote many dramas in verse, a number of translations, and some shorter poems, of which the odes are the most remarkable.

His "Annus Mirabilis" is another instance of perverted power, and ingenuity astray.

Annus Trabeationis.

Sir Harris Nicholas, in his Chronology of History, p. 4, gives "annus Trabeationis" as one way in which the year of our Lord is designated in ancient documents.

Annus Trabentionis, "According to Du Cange, this is the year of the crucifixion'Annus Trabeationis Christi (annus quo Christus trabi affixus est);' but according to L'Art de vérifier les Dates, it is the same as the year of the Incarnation."

Annus Trabentionis, "According to Du Cange, this is the year of the crucifixion'Annus Trabeationis Christi (annus quo Christus trabi affixus est);' but according to L'Art de vérifier les Dates, it is the same as the year of the Incarnation."

Sed quando in aere ad libidinem concitantur (quod fere fit) saepe ipsum sperma vel in puteos, vel in aquas fluviales ejicunt ex quo lethalis sequitur annus.