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Now that Niatross has hung up his harness for a life on the stud circuit, his sisters, Ellatross and Rosarium, have moved into the fast lane.

He mentions the Franciscan alchemists of northern Italy, who lived about this time, and discusses the "Rosarium," written very probably after the date of the bull by a Franciscan monk, but there is no suggestion as to any hampering of alchemy by Papal or other ecclesiastical restrictions.

Some had their rosarium or rosaries in their hands, and said the Ave Maria and Lord's prayer, others smote their breasts with their hands like the penitent publican, and repented of their sins.

Puella senibus dulcior mihi cygnis, agna Galaesi mollior Phalantini, concha Lucrini delicatior stagni, cui nec lapillos praeferas Erythraeos, nec modo politum pecudis Indicae dentem, 5 nivesque primas liliumque non tactum; quae crine vicit Baetici gregis vellus Rhenique nodos aureamque nitellam; fragravit ore, quod rosarium Paesti, quod Atticarum prima mella cerarum, 10 quod sucinorum rapta de manu gleba; cui comparatus indecens erat pavo, inamabilis sciurus et frequens phoenix: adhuc recenti tepet Erotion busto, quam pessimorum lex amara fatorum 15 sexta peregit hieme, nec tamen tota, nostros amores gaudiumque lususque.

Associated words: attar, rodomel. rose-colored, a. roseate, rosy; alluring. rosedrop, n. grogblossom, rosy whelk. rose-grower, n. rosarian. rose rash. roseola. rosery, n. rosarium, rosary. rosin, n. colophony. rostrum, n. platform, stage, dais. rosy, a. rose-colored, roseate, ruddy, alluring. rot, n. decomposition, decay, putrescence, corruption, putridity.