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APPENDIX. 



MS. Cotton Cleopatra, A. ii. fol. lr°-3v°.' 

 Ymnus Sancte Monenne Virginis. 



Denm deonim dominnm, 

 Autorem vite omnium, 

 Eegem et sponsum uirginnm 

 Sempiternum infinitum, 

 5 Invocemus perualidum 

 Sancte Monenne meritum, 

 Ut nos ducat post obitum 

 In regni refrigerium. 



II. 

 Audite sancta studia 



10 Vii'ginum Christi milia, 

 Sancte Monenne plurima 

 Sana summa salubria, 

 Quam perrescit industria, 

 Donante Christi gratia, 



15 Quam tu Christe perpetua 

 Collocasti in gloria. 



III. 

 Benedicta Patricio, 

 Sub iiirginali pallio 

 Consecra[ue]rat^ Domino 

 20 Templum cordis hospitio, 

 Christo digna possessio 

 Salva viro perpetuo, 

 Quam [tu Christe perpetua 

 Collocasti in gloria]. 



IV. 



25 Corde perfecta sobria, 

 Sponsa Deo dignissima, 

 Vestimenta pulcheri'ima 

 Habuit nuptialia, 

 Quibus induta regina 



30 Regis stetit in dextera, 

 Quam [tu Christe perpetua 

 Collocasti in gloria]. 



V. 



Donavit illi maximam 

 Deus virtutum gratiam, 



35 Certam veram prophetiam, 

 Futuroruui scientiam. 

 In omni cetu gloriam, 

 De adversis victoriam, 

 Quam tu Christe perpetua 



40 [Collocasti in gloria]. 



VI. 



Erat illi mirabile 

 De aipui vinum facere, 

 Petram in salem efficere, 

 Temptata filiis Sathane, 

 45 Semper ditata munere 

 Visionis angelice, 

 Quam tu Christe [perpetua 

 Collocasti in gloi-ia]. 



' In the same hand as the Vita. Tlie hymn is not written according to the luelre, hut in full 



lines ns the page admits. The metre is marked by dots. 



^ Jjetteis or words printed in atjiiait brackets are omitted in the MS, 



