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Folio 27r
Commemorations of the saints, continued.
Saint Margaret, continued.
Prayer, Gaude virgo Margareta, continued.
The author recounts how in prison she drove off a monster by making the sign of
the cross; how she was beaten but, comforted by a dove, scorned her harsh
treatment [by the prefect of Antioch]; how she rejoiced when she was beheaded
for her faith in Christ (GL, pp 351-4).
pudicicia.
Gaude que incarcerata
crucis signo con\signata
triumphans [triumphas] de belua.
Gaude virgis\ flagellata,
per columbam confortata,
ducis spernens\ aspera.
Gaude prece que letaris
cum pro Christo de\collaris
summa tenens gaudia.
Ora virgo nunc\ beata Prayer, Venerantes et dignam.
ut vox nostra deo grata <vox ut Deo nostro>
reddatur <Tradatur> in patria.\ Amen.
A prayer to Jesus Christ, asking that through the prayers and merits of St
Margaret, we may join the company of angels.
Venerantes et dignam memoriam beate Mar\garete recolentes quesumus o domine Ihesu Christe ut per ipsius preces et me\rita te donante capiamus eterna angelorum consorcia.
Ora pro\ nobis beata Margareta.
Ut digni efficiamur.
Oremus\ Prayer, Deprecacionem nostram quesumus.
A prayer to God, asking that by the intercession of St Margaret we should
receive his comfort in times of need.
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