1. Adapted from Centuries of Meditation, third century; Med: 1–3.

1. Finzi adapts the first three paragraphs of The First Century.

1. The title is Maconchy’s. The passage comes from Traherne’s Centuries, III, 2, and ‘News’.

1. The title is Maconchy’s. The poem, which is in four parts, comes from Traherne’s Poems from a Notebook, the manuscript of which was acquired by the Bodleian from Bertram Dobell’s son.

1. Adapted from paragraphs 29 and 30 of The First Century.