140. #for þi . . . for ꝥ þe#, for this reason . . . because.

142. #þer togenes#, for its coming, to meet it, as in ‘biþ hit eft him

togeanes gehealden on þæm heofonlican goldhorde,’ BH 53/13. Comp. ‘þer

to,’ 85/91, and for a similar pregnant use of ‘efterward,’ 77/63;

‘hamward,’ 91/93.

143. Holthausen in ES xv. 307 emends this sentence by omitting ⁊ before

bringe and before þus and changing bringe, leue into bringeð, leueð. It

might be better to omit þe and retain ⁊ before bringeð, with leued and

omission of ⁊ before þus.

145. #Accipite# &c.: from the Missal, with substitution of commedite (S.

Matt. xxvi. 26) for manducate (1 Cor. xi. 24), as in all the English

service books. After #novi#, add ‘et aeterni testamenti, misterium

fidei.’

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