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O sweet, O merciful, O Jess, Son of Mary,
Have mercy on me. Amen.

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SOURCE: Gradualia. revised edition, 1610 (originally pub. 1605)

NOTES:
Note vales halved, bar Unes, slurs added. Tenor (m. 39), Alto (mm. 40-41): text underlay uncertain.
TEXT/TRANSLATION:
Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine,
ver passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine.'
Cuius latus perforatum, Unda fluxit sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine:
O Dulcis, O pie, O Jesu fili Mariae,
miserere mei. Amen.

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