himself) that Thou mayeft have accepted thefe Gifts, thefe Duties, thefe holy Sacrifices undefiled (Elevating his hands); Firstly, which we offer to Thee for Thy Holy Catholic Church, which mayeft Thou vouchfafe to pacify, guard, unite, and rule in the whole orb of the worlds, along with Thy [most bleffed] Servant [N.], our Pope, N., and our Bishop, N. (The Bishop of that Diocese) and our King, N. (All these ought to be mentioned by Name), all the orthodox and obfervers of the Catholic and Apoftolic Faith.

II. (Next he should pray for the living [" In corde" Her.; "Cogitando,” York], and according to a Rubric in a fivefold order. 1. For himself. 2. For his parents after the flesh and spiritual parents. 3. For his spiritual friends, parishioners, benefactors, and thofe commended to his prayers. 4. For thofe ftanding around. 5. For all the Chriftian Commonalty; and herein he may name fome of his friends fpecially committed to him, but nothing at too great length.)

Remember, O Lord, Thy fervants and handmaidens, N. and N. [The Red Book of Darbye mentions here "All the congregation of the blessed Mother of God, their benefactors, and penitents"] and all standing around [and all faithful Chriftians] whose faith is recognized, and their devotion known to Thee, for whom we offer to Thee, or who offer to Thee this Sacrifice of Praise, for themselves and all theirs, for the redemption of their fouls, for the hope of their Salvation, and safety, and render their vows to Thee, the [living and] True God.

III. Communicating bowing flightly [Here may be introduced the Second portion of any Proper Preface, e.g. for Christmas—“And that Night (or Day) most facred celebrating, wherein the pure Virginity of the bleffed Mary to this world brought forth the Saviour,"] and alfo venerating the Memory Firstly of the glorious and ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, so alfo of Thy bleffed Apostles and Martyrs Peter, Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus, Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xyftus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chryfogonus, John and Paul, Cofmas and Damian [" and of thofe whofe Solemnity is this day celebrated in the fight of Thy Glory." (Vitell. A. 18).] [The Red Book of Darbye names here Hilary, Benedict, Martin, Gregory, Auguftine, and others], and of all Thy Saints, to whose deserts and prayers mayft Thou grant that in all things we may be fortified with the aid of Thy protection. Through the Same Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

IV. Here let him regard the Hoftia with great veneration [bowing slightly, Her.)]. This Oblation, therefore, of our Service as well as of all Thy Family, we beseech thee, O Lord, that Thou mayeft graciously accept, and difpofe

our days in Thy peace, and command that we be delivered from eternal condemnation, and be numbered among the flock of Thine Elect, through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

V. Here let him again regard the Hoftia. Which Oblation do Thou, O God [Almighty] in all things we beseech Thee, vouchsafe to make + blessed, recorded, ratified, reasonable and acceptable, that unto us it may become [Let the Priest here join his hands, and with both lift up his Hoftia fomewhat] the Body and Blood of Thy most beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

Confecration.

VI. "Who, the day before He should suffer, took Bread into his Holy and Venerable Hands, and with eyes lifted up towards Heaven [Here let him lift up his eyes], unto Thee, God the Father Almighty, [Here let him bow flightly and again erect himself, faying] giving thanks to Thee, Bleffed, Brake [Here let him touch the Hoftia with his right hand], and gave to His difciples, faying: Take eat ye all of This for This is My Body." [These words ought to be pronounced diftinctly with one breath, and under one utterance, no pause intervening. Here let the Priest reverently replace the Hoftia in its place in front of the Chalice. Then let the Priest uncover the Chalice [i.e. with his left hand] and hold it between his [The modern Miffalia add, "Not disjoining his forefinger and thumb until he makes the Benediction"] hands, [and as it seems holding it mainly with his left hand, "Aliis digitis," York], saying :]

"In like manner after Supper, taking also This very excellent Chalice into His Holy and Venerable Hands, again giving thanks to Thee [bowing slightly], He blessed and gave to his disciples, faying: Take and drink ye all of It for This (lifting the Chalice flightly) is the Chalice of my Blood of the New and Eternal Teftament the Mystery of Faith which for you and for many shall be shed for the remiffion of fins. These things, as oft as ye may do them, ye fhall do in remembrance of Me." [Here let him fet down the Chalice in its place on the Altar and cover it again with the Corporal or Chalice Veil].

VII. Here let the Priest expand his hands in the form of a Cross [“ Arms Croffed," York and Hereford].

"Wherefore, O Lord, we Thy servants, as well as all Thy holy people, in

1 Here, in the modern Miffalia, follows the order for the Prieft to bow and elevate the Hoftia, but which is not found in thofe prior to the year 1400.

2 Here in the modern fifteenth century Miffalia, not before, is the order to elevate the Chalice to the breast or above the head.

remembrance as well of the bleffed Paffion of Chrift Thy Son our Lord God, as alfo of His Refurrection from Hell, and moreover of His glorious Afcenfion into Heaven, Offer to Thy Very excellent Majesty of Thy donations and gifts, a pure Sacrifice, a holy Sacrifice, an immaculate Sacrifice. [The modern Miffalia direct the three firft Croffes to be made over both the Hoftia and Chalice, the fourth over the Hoftia, the fifth over the Chalice]. The holy Bread of Life Eternal, and the Chalice of everlasting Salvation. Upon which mayeft Thou Vouchfafe to look with propitious and ferene Countenance, and to have acceptable like as Thou vouchfafedft to have acceptable the Duties of Thy juft fervant Abel, and the Sacrifice of our Patriarch Abraham, and that which Thy chief priest Melchifedek offered Thee, a Holy Sacrifice, an immaculate Hoft."

VIII. Here the Priest should fpeak with body bowed down, as far as the word "Participation," and with hands clasped (York and Hereford, and Sarum).

"Suppliants, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, command these to be borne by the hands of Thy holy Angel unto Thy fublime Altar in the fight of Thy Divine Majesty, that as many of us as from this participation of the Altar [Here the printed Miffalia order, Let him raife himself, kifs the Altar to the right of the Sacrifice, and make the fign of the Cross on the Hoftia and Chalice] shall have taken the very facred Body and Blood of Thy Son may be filled with all celestial Benediction [Here he should make the fign of the Cross over his face] and Grace, Through the Same Jefus Chrift our Lord."

IX. [Here let him pray for the dead.] "Remember alfo, O Lord, Thy Servants and handmaidens N. and N. [thefe names should be cited from Diptychs or Tablets kept in the Church Repofitory, or fent in to the Prieft] who have gone before us with the fign of faith, and flumber in the fleep of peace; to them, O Lord, and to all repofing in Chrift, we intreat that Thou mayeft grant a place of refreshment, light, and peace. Through the Same Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen."

[This prayer was made at this point in the Office from Apoftolic times.__It is not in the Gelafian Sacramentary, but in all the others, and is mentioned by Tertullian (De Coron. iii.), Cyprian (Epift. Ixiv.), Chryfoftom (Hom. Ixix.), Cyril of Jerufalem (Catech. iv.), St. Auguftine (De Mortuis, c. i., Confess. ix. 13), and in other places.]

X. "To us alfo finners [Here let him ftrike his breaft], Thy fervants, hoping in the multitude of Thy mercies, vouchsafe to bestow fome portion and fociety with Thy Holy Apoftles and Martyrs, with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucia, Agnes, Cecilia, Anaftafia [here by permiffion the names