Or else instead of the Ten Commandments or the Summary of the Law, may be sung or said on week-days, not being Great Festivals, as followeth:
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Then the Presbyter shall say,
The Lord be with you.
Answer. And with thy spirit.
Presbyter. Let us pray.
Then the Presbyter, turning to the Holy Table, shall say the Collect, or Collects; and then the Presbyter, or some other Presbyter or Deacon, shall read the Epistle, saying, The Epistle [or, The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is written in the———chapter of———beginning at the———verse. And, the Epistle ended, he shall say, Here endeth the Epistle. Then shall the Presbyter, or some other Presbyter or Deacon, read the Gospel, saying, The Holy Gospel is written in the———chapter of the Gospel according to———, beginning at the———verse; and the people, all standing up, shall devoutly sing or say,
Glory be to thee, O Lord.