Folio 90v

Devotions to the Virgin Mary, continued.

Prayer, O intemerata ... Inclina, continued.



... the author asks them to seek the salvation of his body and soul. He asks that through their prayers the spirit of God may cleanse his heart of vice and enlighten it with virtue; that it may make him persevere in the love of God and of his neighbour; and that, at the end of his life, the Holy Spirit may lead him to rejoice with the elect.


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ne mora obtinebitis <obtinetis>. Per hanc ergo tam po\tentissimam vestre dignitatis virtutem, posci\te queso michi corporis et anime salutem, agite\ queso agite vestris sacris oracionibus ut cor meum\ inviscere [invisere] et inhabitare dignetur spiritus <almus gratiarum> lar\gitor optimus qui me a cunctis viciorum sordi\bus expurget virtutibus sacris illustret et ex\ornet in dilectione dei et proximi perfecte stare\ et perseverare me faciat et post huius vite cursum\ ad gaudia me ducat electorum suorum benignis\simus paraclitus graciarum largitor optimus\ Qui cum patre et filio coeternus et substanci\alis <consubstantialis> cum eis et in eis vivit et regnat deus\ per infinita seculorum secula <in saecula saeculorum>. Amen.\

Prayer, Obsecro te domina



A prayer to the Virgin Mary (HE, pp 66-67; SA, pp 262-4). The author invokes her virtues. He invokes ...


Obsecro te domina sancta Maria mater\ dei pietate plenissima summi re\gis filia mater gloriosissima,\ mater orphanorum consolacio desolatorum via\ errancium salus et spes in te sperancium\ virgo ante partum virgo in partu, <et> virgo\ post partum, fons misericordie fons salutis et gra-\



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