[1] Probably from the name of the pronged or hooked implement with which they dragged the corpses out of the houses.
[2] Identified by tradition with the Villa Palmieri (now Crawford) on the slope of Fiesole.
[3] The canonical hour following prime, roughly speaking about 9 a.m.
[4] The canonical hour following sext, i.e. 3 p.m.
NOVEL 1. OF THE FIRST DAY
