_Then the bishop entereth the church: and sprinkleth water on the pavement in the form of a cross: the chorus singing_ Benedicite, omnia opera. _The Bishop._ Lift up your hearts. _Response._ We lift, etc. _The Bishop._ Let us give thanks, etc. _Response._ It is meet, etc. _Then the bishop goeth to the altar, and poureth the remainder of the water at its base._ _Then he blesseth the altar-stone, the altar clothes, the sacerdotal vestments, the corporal, the paten, the chalice, the thurible._ _Here followeth the Mass of Dedication._ _The post communion ended, the Bishop saith:_ {203} Incline, O Lord, Thine ears unto me, and hear me: Look down, O Christ, from heaven, on thy flock and thy sheep: stretch Thine hand over them: bless their bodies and their souls: that in the communion of the saints they may receive celestial benediction, light angelical, the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete. Amen. They who be regenerate of water and the Holy Ghost who be redeemed on earth by Thy precious blood, who have received Thy sign on their foreheads, grant them to be Thine on the day of judgment. Amen. And as Thou didst bless patriarchs and prophets and apostles, martyrs and confessors, virgins and priests, so bless this flock, who are assembled to-day in Thy name in this church. Amen. And as by Thine angel Thou didst free the three children from the burning fiery furnace, so free this flock from everlasting death and the power of the devil, and from earthly lusts and all manner of weaknesses. Amen. Spare their faults, remit their sins, and present them pure and undefiled in the day of judgment: as Thou didst receive Enoch and Elias into the kingdom of heaven. Amen. God Almighty bless and keep you, and make this house to shine with the glory of His presence, and open the eyes of His pity upon it day and night. Amen. And grant of His mercy, that all, who have assembled together at this dedication, by the intercession of Blessed N., and all other saints whose relics rest here, may obtain the remission of their sins. Amen. That ye may be made a holy temple in the spirit, where the Holy Trinity may ever deign to dwell; and after this short life ye may attain to everlasting felicity. Amen. Which He grant. Who liveth and reigneth, world without end. Amen. {204} APPENDIX I ADDENDA Page 6.--It shows how little Durandus can rightly be charged with fancifulness, when we find him classing among ceremonial precepts, rites for which the Rabbis and many modern expositors have given a symbolical reason. Page 23.--'The lattice work of the windows.' Wrongly translated in Lewis, 'the screens before the windows.'