The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages

by Charles Reade

[2] Up, Hearts!

[3] Oh God our refuge and strength.

[4] Oh! Lamb of God, that takest away the Sins of the world, have mercy upon me!

[5] Oh! Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy upon us.

[6] From the assaults of demons—from the wrath to come—from everlasting damnation—
Deliver us O Lord!

[7] See the English collect, St. Michael and all Angels.

[8] Of whom may we seek succour, but of thee, Oh Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased (and that torrent of prayer, the following verse).

[G] Dr. Dickson, author of Fallacies of the Faculty, etc.

[H] It is related of a mediæval hermit, that being offered a garment made of cats' skins, he rejected it, saying, "I have heard of a lamb of God, but I never heard of a cat of God."

[I] More than one hermit had received a present of this kind.