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R. Deo gratias.

R. Thanks be to God. VESPERS. The Little Chapter. Office 2. Egredietur virga de radice esse, et flos de radice ejus scendet, et requiescet super um Spiritus Domini.

R. Deo gratias. Is. xi. 1, 2. There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root, and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him.

R. Thanks be to God. Ave, maris stella, Dei Mater alma, Itque semper Virgo, ?elix coeli porta. Sumens illud Ave xabrielis ore, ?unda nos in pace, dutans Evae nomen. Solve viacla reis, *rofer lumen caecis, if ala nostra pelle, 3ona cuncta posce. Monstra te esse Matrem, Humat per te preces Hui pro nobis natus, Tulit esse tuus. Virgo singularis, [nter omnes mitis, Sos culpis solutos Mites fac et castos. Vitam praesta puram, [ter para tutum; Jt videntes Jesum Hemper collaetemur. Sit laus Deo Patri, Summum Christo decus, Spiritui Sancto, Tribus honor unus. Arnen.

V. Diffusa est gratia in la- nis tuis.

R. Propterea benedixit te Deus in aeternum. HYMN. Gentle Star of ocean ! Portal of the sky I Ever Virgin Miother Of the Lord most high ! Oh ! by Gabriel’s Ave, Utter’d long ago, Eva’s name reversing, Stablish peace below. Break the captive’s fetters ; Light on blindness pour; All our ills expelling, Every bliss implore. Shew thyself a Mother ; Offer him our sighs, Who for us Incarnate Did not thee despise. Virgin of all virgins I To thy shelter take us ; Gentlest of the gentle ! Chaste and gentle make us. Still, as on we journey, Help our weak endeavour; Till with thee and Jesus We rejoice for ever. Through the highest heaven, To the Almighty Three, Father, Son, and Spirit, One same glory be. Amen