y for the consecrated oil used in the sacrament of
extreme unction, has been within the last few years discovered in the
castle ditch, Pulford, Cheshire: this curious little relic is not more
than two inches high; the body is semi-globular, or bulges in front, with
a plain Greek cross engraved on it, and is flattened at the back; and at
the neck are two bowed handles, by chains attached to which it appears to
have hung suspended from the shoulders.

[182-*] Harding, in his controversy with Bishop Jewell, mentions "the
monstrance or pixe" as if one and the same article.--Defence of the
Apology, &c., p. 343.

[183-*] Quo finito sacerdos cum suis ministris in sedibus ad hos paratis
se recipiant et expectent usque ad orationem dicendam vel alio tempore
usque ad _Gloria in excelsis_.--MS. Rituale pen. Auc.

[183-+] This arrangement was different to that directed by the rubrical
orders of the Roman missals, on their revision after the council of Trent,
by which the celebrant was to be seated between the deacon and sub-deacon:
"In missa item solemni celebrans medius inter diaconum et sub-diaconum
sedere potest a cornu epistolae juxta altare cum cantatur _Kyrie eleison,
Gloria in excelsis_, et _Credo_."--Missale Romanum, Antverpiae, MDCXXXI.;
Rubricae Generales, &c. One of the queries published by Le Brun, whilst
composing his liturgical work, was, "Si le pretre s'assied au dessus du
diacre et du soudiacre, ou au milieu d'eux."

[186-*] Prope altare collocatur Piscina seu Lavacrum in quo manus
lavantur.--Durandi Rat. de Ecclesia, &c. In ancient church contracts the
term _Lavatorie_ was sometimes used for the Piscina, as in that for
Catterick Church. In the Roman Missal subsequent to the Tridentine council
the word _Sacrarium_ is used.

[187-*] At Alvechurch, Worcestershire, the custom prevails of the priest
washing his hands in the vestry before the administration of the
sacrament, and napkins are brought to dry his hands.

[189-*] "Il y avoit pour cet effet en chaque piscine, comme en peut voir
encore a une infinite d'autels, deux conduits, ou canaux, pour faire
ecouler l'eau, l'un pour recevoir l'eau qui avoit servi au lavement des
mains, l'autre pour celle qui avoit servi au purification ou perfusion du
chalice."--De Vert, Explication des Ceremonies de l'Eglise, vol. iii. p.
193.

[190-*] In "Le Parfaict Ecclesiastique, par M. Claude de la Croix," (a
curious work published A. D. 1666, and containing full instructions