to the gilt hammered-out image (with black face and hands)

supposed to represent the very God he had been eating,

illuminated by a dozen wax candles, and proceeding, in a strange,

discordant voice, to hum or sing the following words:

Jesu sweetest, glorified of the Apostles, Jesu lauded by the

martyrs, almighty Monarch, save me, Jesu my Saviour. Jesu, most

beautiful, have mercy on him who cries to Thee, Saviour Jesu.

Born of prayer Jesu, all thy saints, all thy prophets, save and