Introduction.
the cedar-croſs along the ſhores of the Great Lakes and the waters of the West, chanting the while, amidſt the painted ſavages who ſtood around in their robes of beaver and buffalo, the ſonorous paſſion-hymn of Fortunatus, "Vexilla regis prodeunt."
VII.
The Alleluiatic Sequence may likewiſe be claſſed as a famous hymn. It was ſelected for the ſame reaſons as the Vexilla Regis, and for the additional reaſon that it is regarded as the parent of every Hallelujah Chorus that has been written ſince. At the time of the original compilation I heſitated for a long time between it and the De Gloria et Gaudiis Paradiſi of Damiani, but at laſt compromiſed with my doubts by ſelecting the chorus but ſetting forth Mr. Wackerbarth's tranſlation of the De Gloria in the notes to the Celeſtial Country, where it will now be found.
C. C. Nott.
January, 1902.
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