2. An

for Walter Long, of Arlyngham or Erlyngham,
Clerk, whofe obit is therein recorded.
equally fine folio MS., unfortunately imperfect, of
later date, (Lansdowne MSS. 463, Brit. Muf.) of
Sarum use, but apparently written for Norwich

You have here the framework, and many of the particulars of that noble Service which for many centuries was, in the celebrated Church of Sarum, offered to God and our Redeemer, by the brotherhood of Clergy and Canons attached to that Cathe-Cathedral. 3. An accurate and beautiful MS., in dral; and was also used throughout all the South of England and in Ireland. It is in fubftance the fame, (with several additions indeed, and fome variety of detail), as that which S. Auguftine introduced into England, but which did not finally become arranged and confolidated into the form of the Breviary until subsequently to the year of our Lord 1200.

The translation is taken, not without collation of MSS.,* from the printed Breviaries of the early part of the 16th century: mainly from that unabbreviated and more complete edition, printed in folio, by Byrkman, at Paris, in 1516, and again by C. Chevallon, in 1531; which, stated in the title page to be "Breviarium feu Horarium domefticum five Choro Ecclefiaftico deferviens," we may prefume was that verfion actually in ufe in the Cathedral. This moreover contains the Legenda entire, and nearly agrees with the latest and most complete MSS. A revised translation of the Pfalms (which differ little from the ordinary Vulgate) was inevitable, on account of the manner in which, throughout, they, as is well known, enter into the Antiphons, Responses, and Petitions, to which the proper mufical notation had to be attached. This is founded on the Douay as now used, with an efpecial reference to the English Prayer-book verfion. The mufical notation is taken nearly literatim, as well as a few of the Rubrics, from three MSS.,-1. A noble noted Breviary, of large folio fize, of the early part of the 15th century, nearly perfect, belonging to the Bishop of Salisbury, called the Arlyngham MS., because originally written

fmall folio, (Arundel MSS. 130, ibid.) of Sarum ufe,
dated 1445, with the Percy arms in the corner of
the firft page. The Melodies for the Hymns are
from these fame MSS., collated with a Hymnal of
the 14th century, (Harleian MSS. 2951) as far as
that contains them, and the printed editions.

In order to make the volume as complete as
poffible in itself, most of the Hymns, Collects, and
Vefper Responsories from the Proper of The Time
have been added; and within brackets from the

Anglo-Saxon Pfalters, the ancient titles to the

Pfalms, and the Orifons appended to them in King
which have never before been published. The
Athelftan's book, (MSS. Cotton. Galba A. xviii.)
Anglo-Saxon Hymns tranflated, are from that
very complete collection published by Darling,
London, 1850, from the fources therein men-
tioned. It may be proper to observe that the titles
here given to them (fcil. "Canterbury,” “Nor-
wich," "Worcester,") do not indicate that they
were the ordinary hymnody of those dioceses, but
only that they were used in certain churches and
religious communities within them. Much affift-
ance has also been derived from the Latin edition
of the Sarum Pfalter, published by Leslie, London,
1842; and lastly, heartfelt thanks must be given
to many kind friends for very effectual aid. May
this Book affift their devotions, and the devotion
of many others, and profit the fouls of all that use
it; and may those who do so ever remember to
offer a prayer for him who translated it.

J. D. C.

Quinquagefima, 1852. Jehm David Cham

*There are fome eight or ten of these MSS. of the 14th and 15th centuries, many of them perfect, in the Harleian, Cottonian, and Old Royal Libraries, in the British Museum.

† Between the years 1495 and 1557 were published upwards of 100 editions of the Sarum Breviary, 87 of The Miffal, and more than 110 of the Hora or Enchiridion, which was a book of private devotion.

THE HOURS OF THE CROSS.

a Sar. Prymer, Rouen, 1538, 8vo.—Brev. Sarifbur. MSS. Arlyngham, in Servit. Beat, Mar. per Advent.

d Excerptions of Archbishop Ecgbert, xxviii., Ancient Laws and Inftitutes of England, Vol. I.

¶ DIRECTIONS TO
PRIESTS.

Refpecting the Canonical Hours, carefully

attend to the following directions. SINCE every beneficed clergyman and

fore we should be mindful of their presence
when we are standing to pray or fing pfalms,
and ftand with all reverence and order,
and pay the more particular attention to
the verfes which follow;

When Pfalms thou fingeft to The Lord,
Three rules in Pfalmody regard
Heavenward direct thy heart; forthtell
Clearly the words; the fenfe mark well.
Then prayerfully the Hours we say,
When heart and lips together pray;
Lift as ye fing; begin the strain
With one accord; and let the close be plain.

other perfon in holy orders, is, in conformity with the determinations of the Church, bound to fay the feven Canonical Hours; let him take good heed before all things to prepare his mind by entirely ridding it of vain thoughts. Let him not mingle converfation, laughter, or jokes with his prayers; let him not be thinking of birds, dogs, or beafts; let him choose a place fitted for devotion, and clear from everything which may impede it; let him not draw near for the fake of human praise, but with an upright and good intent; pur-lightens his confcience; he payeth his pofing God's praife, the performance of his duty, the increase of his deferts, and fupplication for his benefactors.

In the first place, then, let him fortify himself with the fign of the Holy Cross, and beginning with the Lord's Prayer and the Angelic Salutation; that the divine grace may be his helper, and fo his mind be elevated to greater devotion in the praise of God, and his worship of the Creator be rendered more acceptable.

He verily who faith devoutly the Canonical Hours fhall be abundantly rewarded by God. In his tribulation he shall be comforted; in danger he fhall be preferved; he fhall obtain more abundantly the grace of God as well as glory; he

tribute and a debt to God; for it is the bounden duty of Clerks day by day to fulfil the fervices of the Seven Hours. To him

in very deed fhall the angels of God be familiar friends and guardians; and all his works fhall be thenceforth more acceptable to God, more deferving as regards himself, and more profitable to the living and the departed. Finally, more speedily and readily doth God liften to these prayers than to others which are offered privately.e

¶ PRAISE OF THE
PSALMS.

Let us then, dearest brethren, read throughout the Canonical Hours with attention of heart; affectionately with devotion of mind; in their entirety with a diftinct utterance of the lips; reverently with obeifance of body and foul; becomingly at the appointed places and hours. For with those occupied in Pfalmody, as THE royal prophet David fpeaketh faith S. Bernard on the Canticles, the thus, "O fing praises to our God, holy angels vouchsafe to mingle; where- | fing ye praises with understanding." Pf. xlvi.

Of the praife, virtue, and efficacy of the
Pfalms.

e Brev. ad Uf. Sar. Pars Hyemalis F.R. Brit. Museum, Prefs Mark, 4681.—In the later Breviaries this is wanting.

"Portiforium feu Breviarium ad infignis Sarifburienfis Ecclefiæ ufum accuratiffime caftigatum cum multis annotaciunculis ac literis alphabeticis Evangeliorum et Epiftolarum capitulorumque originem indicantibus quæ nufquam hucufque fuerunt additæ."

"Imp. Lond. 1555. Kyng fton and Sutton.”