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Folio 31v
Prayers of and to St Bridget.
Prayer, Benedicta sis tu, continued.
St Bridget invokes the Virgin as the mother of Christ, who is represented as
Solomon,' not Solomon who was the son of David, who built the temple, but he who
is the father of David and lord of that Solomon'. She asks that the son may
listen to the prayers of his mother. She asks also that Solomon, who slept
within his mother [in her womb], may keep her from sin, firm in repentance; for
unlike Mary, she has been corrupted by worldliness.
ma es domina mea. Rogo te respice in me\ et miserere mei. Mater enim es
Salomonis\ non illius qui filius fuit David. Sed eius qui\ est pater David et
dominus Salomonis qui edi\ficavit templum mirificum quod te veraciter\
prefigurabat. Filius enim exaudiat matrem\ et talem et tantam matrem. Impetra
ergo ut [p]\ puer Salomon qui fuit quasi dormiens in te\ sit vigilans mecum, Ut
nullius peccati delectacio\ me pungat, Sed contricio commissorum sit stabilis,\
Amor mundi sit michi mortuus, Paciencia perseve\rans, penitencia fructuosa. Non
enim habeo ali\quid virtutis pro me nisi verbum unum hoc est\ miserere Maria.
Quia templum meum contrari\um est omnino tuo. Est enim tenebrosum\ viciis
lutosum ex luxuria corruptum ex cupidi\tatis vermibus, Instabile ex superbia
labile ex vanitate mundanorum.\
Prayer, O dulcis Maria.
A prayer of St Bridget to the Virgin Mary.
O Dulcis Maria benedicta sis tu eterna\ benediccione quia virgo ante partum\
virgo post partum, virgo cum sponso,\
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