Noble by birth and of beautiful face, Richer by far in her deeds and her grace, Earth’s fleeting honors and gains she despised, God’s holy will and commandments she prized. Braver and nobler than merciless foes, Willing her limbs to the scourge to expose; Weakly she sank not by anguish oppressed, When cruel torture destroyed her fair breast. Then her dark dungeon was filled with delight, Peter the shepherd refreshed her by night; Forth to her tortures rejoicing she went, Thanking her God for the trials he sent. Barbarous pagans, escaping their doom, Honor her virtues that brighten their gloom; They whom the title of faith hath adorned, Like her, earth’s possessions and pleasures have scorned. Radiant and glorious, a heavenly bride, She to the Lord for the wretched hath cried; So in her honor your praises employ, That ye too may share in her triumph and joy. Praise to the Father and praise to the Son, Praise to the Spirit, the blest Three in One; God of all might in Heaven’s glory arrayed, Praise for thy grace in thy servant displayed. It will be observed that Mr. Anketell, in the second line of the sixth verse, follows the reading preferred by Daniel: _Pro miseris supplica Domino_, which omits the Pope’s name. But it seems much more unlikely that this line should be altered to the line as given above, than that the contrary change should have been made. Emendators generally pass from the concrete to the vague, from the specific to the general. CHAPTER V. AMBROSE.