deyned to honginge among theues. For turmentis thristinge Thus is the lombe of god turmentide that fillid with galle. did awei synne. Vers. We worshipen thee. Resp. For bi thin. Preie we. Atque cum latronibus pendens deputatus: Præ tormentis sitiens felle saturatus, Agnus crimen diluit sic ludificatus. Thus rendered in the later books. The syxte houre of the crosse. The vi. houre springyng before the mydday, Iesu hande and fote to the crosse they nayled : With the shamefullyst deathe that they contriue may, In dispyte bytwene two theues hym hanged: Whan that they thoughte for payne that he thursted, His thurste for to quenche, they proffered hym gall: Thys lambe thus illuded bought our synnes all. In the Cambridge M.S. "At myddai oure lord Iesus, was nailed on the rode, Bitwixe twey theeues hangid, his bodi ran al on blode: Hym thirstide for peyne, thei gauen him drynke galle, Al this peyne he suffride, fro deeth to bie us alle." 54 All this as before. Marie ful of grace.55 Glorie to thee. The root of iesse. W Ps. In conuertendo.56 HANNE the lord turnede the cathtifte of syon : we weren maad as counfortide.57 Thanne oure mouth was fillid with ioie: and oure tunge with fulout ioyinge. Thanne thei shulen seie among hethen men: the lord magnifiede to do with hem. The lord magnyfiede to do with us: we ben maad glade. Lord, turne thou oure cathtifte as a stronde in the southe.58 The that sowen in teeris: shulen repe in fulout ioiyng. Thei goynge 3eden and wepten 59: sendynge her seedis. Faith in oure heartes set and graue: That throughe hope of life aboue, 56 Instead of this and the two following psalms, the xivth only, "Domine quis habitabit" is appointed in the King's Prymer of 1545. 57 Facti sumus consolati. We were made glad. 1538. &c. 58 Again as before: see Note 48. "sicut torrens in austro." 59 Ibant et flebant. Wente and wepte. 1538. &c. But thei comynge shulen come with fulout ioiynge: berynge her handfuls. Glorie be. N Ps. Nisi dominus edificauerit. OBUT the lord bilde the hous: thei that bilden trauelen in veyn. Nobut the lord kepe the citee: he wakith in veyn that kepith it. It is veyn to you to rise bifore the list: rise ye aftir that ye han sete that eten the bread of sorwe. Whanne he shal 3eue sleep to hise loued: lo, the eritage of the lord is sones, the meede is the fruyt of wombe. As arowis ben in the hond of the my3ti: so the sones of hem that ben shakun out.60 Blessid is the man that hath fillid his desire of tho: he shal not be shent whanne he shal speke to hise enmyes in the gate. Glorie be. B As it was. Ps. Beati omnes qui. LESSID ben alle men that dreden the lord: that goen in hise weies. For thou shalt ete the trauels of thin hondis: thou art blessid, and it shal be wel to thee. Thi wiif as a plenteuous vyne: in the sidis of thin hous. Thi sones as the newe spryngys of olyue trees in the cumpas 61 of thi borde. 60 Ita filii excussorum. So be the chyldren of smyters. 1538. &c. 61 In circuitu mensæ tuæ. All about thy table. 1538. 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. 6 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. 3yue 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 zeldide the goost: Hely The spiryte departed that blessyd grete erthe quauynge whan our body: The sonne waxed darke, the yerthe quoke wondersly, Great merueylous thynges to beholde and heare, lorde suffred dethe and passyon on the tree of the crosse, than byleued he in Iesu Chryst. Some saye that whan he smote our lorde with the spere in the syde, the And yet a knyghte perced hys precyous blode aualed (fell down) 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: 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 |