Chapter CARELESS to Carocium of C by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Caro, the Flesh or “natural man” personified. Phineas Fletcher says “this dam of sin” is a hag of loathsome shape, arrayed in steel, polished externally, but rusty within. On her shield is the device of a mermaid, with the motto, “Hear, Gaze, and Die.”—The Purple Island, vii. (1633).

Carocium, the banner of the Milanese, having for device “St. Ambrose,” the patron saint of Milan. It was mounted on an iron tree with iron leaves, and the summit of the tree was surmounted by a large cross. The whole was raised on a red harness. Mass was always said before the car started, and Guinefolle tells us, “tout la cérémonie était une imitation de l’arche d’alliance des Israélites.”

Le carocium des Milanais était au milieu, entourré de 300 jeunes gens, qui s’étaient unis à la vie à la mort pour le défendre. Ily avait encore pour sa garde un bataillon de la mort, composé de 900 cavaliers.—La Bataille de Lignano, 29 Mai, 1176.