“Holy Church this day in a sollempne procession makes in mynd of that procession of our Lord to Jerusalem.... And as they songen and diden worship to Christ in ther procession, rythe so we this day worchep the crosse in our procession, thries kneeling to the cross in worchep, in ye mynde of Hym that was for us done on the crosse, and we welcome Him with songe in the chirch as they welcomed Him to the citie Jerusalem.” The true inward meaning of this great act of worship done to the cross at this time was carefully taught to the people. The author of _Dives and Pauper_ has the passage which follows, about the worship of the Rood on Palm Sunday-- “_Dives._--On Palm Sunday at the procession the priest draweth up the veil before the rode and falleth down to the ground with all the people, and sayeth thrice thus: ‘_Ave Rex noster_’-‘Hail be Thou our King,’ and so he worships the thing as King. “_Pauper._--_Absit!_ God forbid! He speaks not to the image that the carpenter hath made and the painter painted, unless the priest be a fool; for the stock and stone was never King; but he speaketh to Him that died upon the cross for us all--to Him that is King of all things.” For this and the other ceremonies of Holy Week in many parishes additional help was, if possible, obtained by the clergy and people, and the churchwardens’ accounts frequently show items of expense under this head. In one case we have the sum of 8_d._ charged for “the old friar who came to sing for the parish.” At St. Michael’s, Cornhill, the wardens paid for “two clerks for singing” at this time; and at St. Peter Cheap, in 1447, there is an entry: “Item--payde on Palme Sundaye for bread and wine to the readers of the Passion, 3_d._” This refers, of course, to the chanting of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, which took place during the Mass, that on this day followed the unveiling of the Rood. Before evensong on Palm Sunday the great crucifix was again covered with the veil, and it so remained hidden until the morning service of Good Friday. TENEBRÆ.--“On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday you shall come,” says a fourteenth-century writer, “to Matins, which we call _tenebræ_.” At this service a triangular candlestick with twenty-five candles was placed in the choir. This candle-stand was called in England the “tenebræ,” or Lenten “herse,” and it is so named in many church accounts. It was one of the ornaments which had to be paid for by the parish, and it was sometimes known as the “Judas” candle. In a sermon intended to explain the meaning of the peculiar ceremonies of “tenebræ,” the preacher says--