Lo, so a man shal be blessid: that dredeth the lord. The lord blesse thee fro syon: and se thou the goodis of ierusalem in alle the daies of thi liif. And se thou the sonys of thi sonys: se thou pees on israel. The roote of iesse buriownede: the sterre is sprungun of iacob: a virgyne hath born the sauyour: we worshipen thee oure god. A Capitulum. Et radicaui. ND I haue take roote in a worshipful peple, and in the parties of my god the eritage of him: and in plente of halewis my withholdyng.63 Thankis to god. Resp. Speciosa. Fair and swete thou art maad. Fair and swete thou art maad. Resp. In thi delicis hooli modir of god. Resp. And swete. Glorie be to the fadir, and sone, and to the hooli goost. Fair and swete thou art maad. 62 The King's Prymer has to the end of the Office for this Hour, the following. "Antiphona. The Anthem. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shal be called the children of God. Blessed are they that suffre persecution for righteousnes sake, for theirs is the kingdome of heauen. peace betwene God the father, and vs miserable sinners, whiche notwithstanding diddest suffer uniustly, iniuries and persecutions: Graunt us grace to kepe the peace that thou hast made, and patiently to beare al iniuries and persecutions, that we may be called thy children, and enherit thy heauenly kyngdome: whiche liuest and The versicle. Lorde, heare my reignest. &c. Amen." prayer. Answere. And let my crye come to the. Let us pray. Lorde Iesu Christ, whiche madest 63 Et in plenitudine sanctorum detentio mea. And amonge the companye of sayntes is my taryenge. 1538. &c. Vers. Hooly virgyne fouche thou saaf me for to preise thee. Resp. zyue to me vertu azens thin enemyes. Vers. Lord shewe to us thi merci. Resp. And zeue to us thi saluacioun. Preie we. Concede. Lord god, we preien. Bi crist. Hora nona.64 At the hour of noon the lord iesus geldide the goost: Hely The spiryte departed that blessyd grete erthe quauynge whan our body: The sonne waxed darke, the yerthe quoke wondersly, lorde suffred dethe and passyon on the tree of the crosse, than byleued he in Iesu Chryst. Some Great merueylous thynges to be- saye that whan he smote our lorde holde and heare, And yet a knyghte perced hys hert with a spere." In the Cambridge M.S. "At noon diede oure lord Iesu, that was of myghtes most, He criede heli to his fadir, and so he lefte his goost: with the spere in the syde, the precyous blode aualed (fell down) by the shaft of the spere vpon his handes, and of auenture with his handes he touched his eyen. And anone he that had be tofore blynde, sawe anone clerely, wherfore he refused all cheualry, and criynge he comendide his soule to the fadir: a knyzt thurlide65 his syde with a spere: thanne the erthe quakide togider and the sunne derknede. Vers. We worchipen thee crist and blessen to thee. Resp. For bi thin hooli passioun thou hast azenbout the world. Preie we. Domine iesu. Lord iesu crist, sone of god lyuynge, putte thi passioun. the whiche lyuest and regnest. So be it. The glorious passioun. Here biginneth euensong of our ladi. Aue maria. Heil marie ful of grace. Blessid be thou among. OD, take heede in to myn help. Lord, hize thou to helpe me. Glorie be to the fadir. God make me saaf. Ant. Aftir thi birthe. Letatus sum in. I am glad in thes. As it was. Ad te leuaui. To thee I haue reisid. abode with the apostles, of whom he was taught and chrystened." &c. Fol. lxxxxviij. William Thorpe in his confession before Archbishop Arundel in 1407, calls this soldier by the name of blind knight. See also Pierce Plowman's Vision. Fol. 98. 65 Thirl-ian. A. S. to thrill. That with a spere was thirled his brest bone. Chaucer. The Knightes Tale. v. 2707. (Richardson.) 66 Instead of these the King's Prymer appoints the cxij. "Laudate pueri Dominum": cxxxiv. "Laudate nomen Domini": and cxxxvij. "Confitebor tibi Domine." Ant.67 Aftir the birthe thou dwelledist an unwemmed virgyn. Modir of god, preie for us. Capitulum. Beata es. LESSID art thou virgyn marie, that hast born BLES the lord maker of the world: thou hast getyn hym that made thee, and thou dwellist virgyne withouten ende. Thankis to god. Ympne. Aue maris stella.68 EIL sterre of the see, hooli goddis modir, alwei maide, blesful zate of heuene. HELL Takinge that word heil of gabrielis mouth, grounde thou us in pees, chaungynge the name of eue. Unbynde thou boondis of gilti men, brynge forth lizt to blinde men: putte awei oure yuels, aske alle goodis. Shewe thee to be modir: bi thee take he oure preier that suffride for us to be thi born sone. 69 Maide aloone meke among alle othir: make us unbounde of synnes and to be debonere and chaste. 3yue us clene liif, greithe" a sikir weie: so that we seynge god be glad euermore. Preisynge be to god the fadir, worshipe to the hizest crist, and to the hooli goste: oon worship to hem thre. So be it. Vers. Grace is 3otun in thi lippis.71 Resp. Therfor god hath blessid thee withouten ende. M1 Ps. Magnificat anima.72 I soule magnifieth the lorde: and my spirit fulout ioiede in god myn heelthe. For he bihelde the mekenesse of his handmaide : lo, forsothe of this alle kynredis shulen seie me blessid. For he that is mizti hath don to me grete thingis: and his name is hooli. And his merci is fro kynrede in to kynredis: to men that dreden him. He made myst in his arm: he scatride proude men with the thougt of his herte. He sette doun my3ti men fro ceete: and enhauncide meke men. He hath fulfillid hungri men with goodis: and he hath lefte riche men voide. 69 Mites fac et castos. 70 Iter para tutum. "Make redi a siker weie." Cambr. MS. 71 The King's Prymer has : The Versicle. Blessed is Mari, amonges al women. The Answere. And blessed is the fruyte of her wombe. 72 See two other translations of this canticle in the Appendix: from M.SS. in the Bodleian and Harleian Libraries. |