Here while you stay,
Say with love, say,
Oh! say an orison
To the Virgin of the Garaison.
[50] The tourteau is a round cake with a hole in the centre, made particularly for Palm Sunday.
[51] The paëte is a kind of biscuit for the Pascal season.
[52] When a dire pestilence came nigh destroying the city of Marciac, the Virgin Mother herself commanded this temple to be dedicated to her under the powerful protection of the cross and of her Son.
[53] O Lord, Father eternal, Fountain of the Deity, whence flow all things, have mercy!
[54] O Lord, Fount and clearness of co-eternal light, who didst make light on the first of days, have mercy!
[55] O Lord, Fount supernal, goodness overflowing, sending down true bread from heaven, have mercy!