have. As Saturnus now began to rule himself, Faunus and his companion disappeared, and Coelus with Vestæ flew together into the highest region of the air. And the second day had an end.

The Third Chapter.

How Jupiter was born.

Before Saturnus wandered alone in the whole world and had no one to amuse or delight himself with, he decided to choose a paramour, just as he also wanted to satisfy himself and to have something to delight in among his own kind. And as the third day dawned, the day of wisdom and understanding, Saturnus lay on a traveling bed, stretched his stilts into the air, and occupied himself with thoughts. There an angel appeared to him, named Cherus, who brought a beautiful virgin by the hand, whom he named Opis. She was Saturnus's own sister, born of father and mother, only she had been conceived in the air after Saturnus, for a royal lineage was to come forth from her. As