O Esca Viatorum (“O Food the pilgrim needeth”) The Latin text is also included, in a metrical (singable) version. FirstTune: “In Allen Meinen Thaten” • 776 D
O Esca Viatorum (“O Food the pilgrim needeth”) The Latin text is also included, in a metrical (singable) version. SecondTune: “O Esca Viatorum” • 776 D
Discendi, Amor Santo (“Come down, O love divine”)
Bianco da Siena; translated from Italian by Richard Frederick Littledale. Tune: “Down Ampney” • 6 6 11 D
The Painful Cross Of Christ (“Whoever to virtue thinketh hard the way”) • This text was written by Saint Thomas More (Lord Chancellor of England) and published circa 1510AD. Tune: “Lincoln’s Inn” • 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Corde Natus Ex Parentis (“Of the Father’s love begotten”) Aurelius Prudentius, Christian Poet
Translation: Cento by the editors Tune: “Divinum Mysterium” • 87 87 87 R
“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” The meaning of “God rest you merry” is “God keep you merry.” Note the archaic use of the word rest (“keep”)—indeed, this carol probably dates from the 16th century. Tune: “God Rest You Merry” • 86 86 86 R