13. Apostolos confortasti, uti tropaeum Christi per totum mundum veherent. 13. Thou didst confirm the Apostles, so that they shall bear Christ’s glorious trophy through the whole world. 14. Quando machinam per verbum suum fecit Deus caeli, terrae, marium, 14. When by His Word, God made the system of heaven, earth, seas, 15. Tu super aquas foturus eas numen tuum expandisti, spiritus. 15. Thou didst stretch out Thy Godhead over the waters, and didst cherish them, O Spirit! 16. Tu animabus vivificandis aquas fecundas; 16. Thou didst give virtue to the waters to quicken souls; 17. Tu aspirando das spiritales esse homines. 17. Thou, by Thine Inspiration, grantest to men to be spiritual. 18. Tu divisum per linguas mundum et ritus adunasti, Domine; 18. Thou didst unite the world, divided into tongues and rites, O Lord! 19. Idolatras ad cultum Dei revocas, magistrorum optime. 19. Thou recallest idolaters to the worship of God, best of Masters! 20. Ergo nos supplicantes tibi exaudi propitius, sancte spiritus, 20. Wherefore of Thy mercy hear us who call upon Thee, Holy Ghost: 21. Sine quo preces omnes cassae creduntur et indignae Dei auribus. 21. Without Whom, as the faith teaches, all our prayers are in vain, and unworthy of the ears of God, 22. Tu, qui omnium saeculorum sanctos Tui numinis docuisti instinctu amplectendo, spiritus, 22. Thou, O Spirit, who by embracing the Saints of all ages, dost teach them by the impulse of Thy Divinity; 23. Ipse hodie apostolos Christi donans munere insolito et cunctis inaudito saeculis 23. Thyself, by bestowing upon the Apostles of Christ a gift immortal, and unheard of from all ages, 24. Hunc diem gloriosum fecisti. 24. Hast made this day glorious. Tr. John Mason Neale, _Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences_, London. Masters, 1867, p. 29. XII. _Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc Alleluia_ 1. Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc, _Alleluia_. 1. The strain upraise of joy and praise, Alleluia. 2. In laudibus aeterni regis haec plebs resultet _Alleluia_. 2. To the glory of their King Shall the ransomed people sing Alleluia. 3. Hoc denique caelestes chori cantant in altum _Alleluia_. 3. And the Choirs that dwell on high Shall re-echo through the sky Alleluia. 4. Hoc beatorum per prata paradisiaca psallat concentus _Alleluia_. 4. They through the fields of Paradise that roam, The blessed ones, repeat that bright home Alleluia. 5. Quin et astrorum micantia luminaria iubilant altum _Alleluia_. 5. The planets glitt’ring on their heavenly way, The shining constellations, join, and say Alleluia.