[fol. 183r]

[Antiphona]

Salue Symon Montis Fortis

Totius flos militie

Duras penas passus <mortis>

<Pro statu> gentis Anglie.

Sunt de sanctis inaudita

Cunctis passis in hac uita

Quemquam passum talia,

Manus, pedes, amputari

Caput, corpus, uulnerari

Abscidi uirilia.

Sis pro nobis intercessor

Apud Deum qui defensor

In terris <extiteris>.

[Versus] Ora pro nobis beate Symon

[Responsio] Vt digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Salue Symon: antiphon, versicle and response (215)

London, British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian A VI, fol. 183r

[Antiphon]

Hail, Simon de Montfort, flower of all knighthood, who suffered the harsh pains of death for the sake of the English people. [5] None of the saints who suffered inthis life knew any such suffering: to have hands and feet severed, head and body wounded and genitals cut off. [11] May you, who lived as our defender on earth, be an intercessor for us with God.

[Versicle] Pray for us, O blessed Simon

[Response] That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.