His litany of mistakes renewed their dolor in his mind.

A pious and fraudulent litany for which may we be forgiven!

Screaming with agitation the aged sorcerer laid a scroll engrossed with fairly written characters before the youth, stabbed the latter's arm with a stylus that at once evoked and collected the crimson stream, thrust this into his hand and strove to guide it to the parchment, chanting at the same time litanies to the infernal powers.

" The child finished the litany in a scarcely audible tone.

The poor devils of monks did not know to what saint to pray in their extremity, and they made processions and said litanies against their foes.

Both contemplate a violent death; a [Greek: biathanatos]death that is [Greek: biaios]: but the difference isthat the Roman by the word "sudden" means an unlingering death: whereas the Christian Litany by "sudden" means a death without warning, consequently without any available summons to religious preparation.