23. I beseech the intercession with thee of all the holy bishops who founded the ecclesiastical city after them, with the Apostle Peter. 24. I beseech the intercession with thee of the holy Innocents of the whole world, who suffered crucifixion and martyrdom for thee, with the two thousand one hundred and forty _youths_ who were murdered by Herod in Bethlehem of Juda, with the boy Ciric. 25. I beseech the intercession with thee of all the hosts of the perfect, righteous elders, who preached of thee in their old age, and their perfection, and their righteousness, with Eligib in the Old Testament, and with the noble, perfect, righteous elder Simeon, at the beginning of the New Testament, who caught thee upon his wrists and upon his knees and upon his arms, rejoicing over thee, when he said: Nunc dimitte secundum tuum Domine secundum verbum tuum in pace. Quia viderunt oculi mei salutem tuam. Quod parasti antefaciem omnium populorum lumen adrevelationem gentium et gloriam plebis tuae Israel. 26. I beseech the intercession with thee of all the holy disciples, who learned all the spiritual knowledge, both of the Old Testament and the New Testament, with the seventy-two disciples. 27. I beseech the intercession with thee of all the perfect teachers, who preached the spiritual sense (#sians#), with the seventy-two disciples themselves, and with the Apostle Paul, that thou take me this night, O Holy Trinity, under thy protection and shelter, and with ardour to defend me and to protect me from the demons with all their solicitations, and from all the creatures of the world; from the desires, from the transgressions, from the sins, from the disobediences, from the dangers of this world; from the pains of the next; from the hands of enemies and all dangers; from the fire of Hell and eternity; from disgrace before the face of God; from the pursuit of demons, that they prevail _nought_ with us in our passage to the other world; from the dangers of this world; from every person whom God knows to be unfriendly to us throughout the ten points of the Earth. May God put away from us their fury, their power, their valour, their bravery, their cunning; may God light up meekness, and charity, gratitude, and mercy, and forgiveness in their hearts, and in their thoughts, and in their souls, and in their minds, and in their bowels. [PART II.] 1. O Holy Jesus O Beautiful Friend. O Star of the Morning. O Full Noonday Sun. O Resplendent. O Noble torch of the righteous, and of the truth, and of the eternal life, and of eternity. O Fountain ever new, everlasting. O Heart's-love of the illustrious Patriarchs. O Longing of the Prophets. O Master of Apostles and Disciples. O Bestower of the Law. O Precursor of the New Testament. O Judge of the Judgment Day. O Son of the Merciful Father, without a Mother in Heaven. O Son of the truly perfect Virgin Mary, without a father on Earth. O true brother of the heart.