...painted the figure of the Crucified; next came the rest of the forty brethren chanting a solemn litany, "entreating the Lord for their own salvation, and that of those to whom they had come." : Arrived in the king's presence, they•were bidden to seat themselves on the ground. Ethelbert...

...painted the figure of the Crucified, were seen proceeding in processional order, chanting the Litanies " for their own salvation and that of those to whom they came," and slowly wending their way to meet the monarch at the appointed place of audience. He received them...

...incarnate, crucified, sitting at the right hand of God. As they came, they sang, and Bede says : " they sang litanies, entreating the Lord for their own salvation and that of those for whom and to whom they came." The litany ended when they came to the king, and then Augustine preached...

...implore the Divine succour during a pestilence. On this occasion, therefore, his emissaries, as they approached, "sang litanies, entreating the Lord for...Augustine's majestic person, towering up above all his companions, was certain to contribute to the imposing effect of the scene. The king bade his visitors...