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Old-Irish Prose.

6. THE TRACT ON THE MASS IN THE STOWE MISSAL.

1. INDaltoir fiugor iwdiwgriwme immaberr*- In cailech isfigor innaeclatse foruirmed 7 rofothiged foringrimmim 7 formartri inna- fathe 7 alioruw •

2. Huisqwe ^rius in calicem 7 issec? canar occo • peto te pater 5 deprecor te filii • obsecro te spmYws sancise .i. figor iwphopm^ toresset in geclesm •

3. Oblffi iaxum super altare .i. iritwrtwr. issec? canar occo .i. ihs. xps A 7 fl hoc est principium 7 finis • figor cuirp exist rosuidiged hi linannart brond maire. 10

4. Fin iaruw arhuisqt^e hicselech .i. deacht exist aradonacht" 7 ariwpopM^ iwaiwjsir thuisten'^ issed canar ocsuidiu • Remitet ^atex iwdulget Eliu% ■ misseretwr spiWiws sawc^us:-

5. Acanar dind offriund forsen iter iwtroit 7 orthana 7 tormach corrigi liacht napsto^ 7 -x/ralm fidigrad^ isfigor recto aicnith iwsin 15 inroaithnuiged exist triahuili baullo 7 gnimo • Liacht apsto^ immurgu 7 salm dig?'ad 7 hosuidiu codinochtad is foraithmet • rechta litre iwrofiugrad exist acht® nadfess cadacht cidrofiugrad and •

6. Indinochtad corrici leth inna oblae 7 iwcaiiich* 7 acanar occo


1. The Altar (is) the figure of the persecution which is inflicted. 20 The Chalice is the figure of the Church which has been set and founded on the persecution and martyrdom of the prophets et aliorum.

2. Water, first, in calicem, and this is chanted thereat ; Peto te Pater, deprecor te fili, obsecro te, Spiritus ISancte, to wit, the figure of the people that has been poured in Ecclesia. 35

3. The Host, then, super altare, i.e. tlie turtle-dove. This is chanted thereat, to wit, lesus Ghristus, Alpha et Omega, hoc est principium et finis. A figure of Christ's Body which has been set in the linen sheet of Mary's womb.

4. Wine then on water* into the chalice, to wit, Christ's Godhead on 30 His Manhood and on the people at the time of begetting. This is chanted thereat : Pemittit Pater, indulget Filius, m,iseretur Spiritus Sanctus.

5. What is chanted of the Mass thereafter, both introit and prayers and addition, as far as the Lesson of Apostles (the Epistle) and the Gradual, that is a figure of the law of Nature, wherein Christ has been 35 renewed ", through all His members and deeds. The Epistle, however, and the Gradual, and from this to the uncovering (of the chalice), it is a commemoration of the law of the Letter wherein Christ has been figured, only that what has been figured therein was not yet known.

6. The uncovering so far as half, of the Host and of the Chalice, and 40 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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  1. cf. imrubart a chumachta /air, Cormac s.v. Diancecht.
  2. =d6enacht
  3. leg. athuisten?
  4. literally ; ' psalm of degree ' or step : an antiphon sung on the steps of the altar between the Epistle and the Gospel at the Eucharist
  5. acht om. MS.
  6. recte in chailich
  7. 'mixed with the water'? cf. cuvimisc ar tiir Wb. 13" 3. J.S.
  8. read perhaps inro athnuiged aithgne Crist ' in which the knowledge of Christ was renewed': cf. LB. 251' in ro liathnuiged aichne crist tria riinib 7 gnimaib 7 tomoltud n-aicnid