QUALITER DOMINICIS DIEBUS VIGILIÆ AGANTUR.

14 Junii

13 Feb. DOMINICO die temperius surgatur ad Vi14 Oct. gilias, in quibus Vigiliis teneatur mensura, id est, modulatis (ut supra disposuimus) sex Psalmis, et Versu, residentibus cunctis disposite et per ordinem in subselliis, legantur in codice (ut supra diximus) quatuor Lectiones cum Responsoriis suis, ubi tantum in Responsorio quarto dicatur a cantante "Gloria ;" quam dum incipit, mox omnes cum reverentia surgant. Post quas Lectiones sequantur ex ordine alii sex Psalmi cum Antiphonis, sicut anteriores, et Versus. Post quos iterum dicantur tria Cantica de Prophetis, quæ instituerit Abbas; quæ Cantica Cantica cum "Alleluia" psallantur. Dicto etiam Versu, et benedicente Abbate,

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HOW MATINS, OR NIGHT-OFFICE, IS TO BE CELEBRATED ON SUNDAYS.

ON Sunday let them rise more seasonably for Matins, and therein observe the following order. When six psalms and the versicle have been sung, as we before arranged, let all sit down in a becoming and orderly manner, and let four lessons with their responsories be read from the book; to the fourth responsory only, let the Cantor add a "Gloria," at the beginning of which all shall rise out of reverence. After these lessons, let six more psalms follow in order, with their antiphons and versicle as before. Then let four other lessons with their responsories be read in the same way as the former. Next, let three canticles be said out of the Prophets, such as the Abbot

legantur aliæ quatuor Lectiones de novo Testamento, ordine quo supra.

Post quartum autem Responsorium incipiat Abbas Hymnum : "Te Deum laudamus." Quo dicto, legat Abbas Lectionem de Evangelio, cum honore et tremore stantibus omnibus.

Qua perlecta, respondeant omnes : Amen." Et subsequatur mox Abbas Hymnum: "Te decet laus." Et data benedictione incipiant Matutinos. Qui ordo Vigiliarum omni tempore, tam æstatis, quam hyemis, æqualiter in die Dominico teneatur: nisi forte (quod absit) tardius surgatur, quia tunc aliquid de Lectionibus breviandum est, aut Responsoriis. Quod tamen omnino caveatur, ne proveniat. Quod si contigerit, digne inde satisfaciat Deo in oratorio, per cujus evenerit neglectum.

shall appoint; these must be sung with "Alleluia."

When the versicle has been said, and the Abbot has given his blessing, let four other lessons out of the New Testament be read, in the same order as before.

After the fourth responsory, let the Abbot begin the Hymn "Te Deum laudamus," and this being said, let him read a lesson from the Gospel, while all stand with reverential fear. At the end of this let all answer, "Amen," and then let the Abbot go on with the Hymn: "Te decet laus." Then, after the giving of the blessing, let Lauds begin. This order is always to be observed in singing Matins on Sundays, both in Summer and in Winter, except perchance (which God forbid) they rise late, for then the lessons or responsories must be somewhat shortened. But let good care be taken that this do not happen; and if it do, let him, by whose negligence it comes to pass, make satisfaction for it in the Oratory.

QUALITER MATUTINORUM SOLEMNITAS AGATUR.

15 Junii

14 Feb. IN Matutinis Dominico die, in primis 15 Oct. dicatur sexagesimus sextus Psalmus sine Antiphona in directum; post quem dicatur quinquagesimus cum "Alleluia." Post quem dicatur centesimus decimus septimus, et sexagesimus secundus; deinde "Benedictiones" et "Laudes;" Lectio de Apocalypsi una ex corde, et Responsorium, et Ambrosianum, et Versus, et Canticum de Evangelio, et Litaniæ, et completum est.

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The Canticle of the Three Children, the "Benedicite."-- Psalms cxlviii. cxlix. cl., of which almost every verse begins by the word "Laudate," were called "Laudes."