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Thread #157774   Message #3725754
Posted By: Stower
24-Jul-15 - 06:47 AM
Thread Name: Anyone speak Latin, please?
Subject: RE: Anyone speak Latin, please?
Oh! Where the rest of my post go?! Here's what disappeared ...

A recent discovery has pushed back the earliest known polyphony to the 10th century. I'd like to play it using harp as the second voice, in Latin then English (so everyone can hear the words). However, I can't get the third line.

In Latin ...

Sancte bonifati martyr inclite Christi
te quesumus ut nos tuis precibus
semper gratiae Dei commendare digneris

In English ...

Saint Boniface glorious martyr of Christ
We beseech thee to thy prayers
Always God's grace commend/recommend?? you deem/deign/condescend??
(Is it something like, 'You always condescend to give God's grace'?)

Any help from Latin speakers will be much appreciated.