The myroure of Oure Ladye, containing a devotional treatise on divine service, with a translation of the offices used by the sisters of the Brigittine monastery of Sion, at Isleworth, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Edited from the original black-letter text of 1530 A.D., by John Henry Blunt.

¶ Of the Versicle.

Inclina aurem. After ye haue praysed god & hys [After praises come lessons.]

moste glorious moder in psalmes & antempnes. ye turne you to reding and herynge of lessons, to techyng & edyfycacion of your soulles. And therfore betwene bothe. ye saye a versicle. that is to say a lytel torning [A versicle is "a little turning" from psalmody to reading and hear∣ing.] for ye turne you from psalmody. to redyng & heryng. And when the versycle is in sayng ye turne you to the aulter. or to the Eest bothe in token that all is entended [Why said turning to the East,] to the worshyp of god. & also to aske forgyuenesse of hym. yf ye haue oughte offended him by eny neglyg∣ence in your psalmes. & for to aske helpe that ye may rede. here your legende to his plesaunce. This versycle is songe of tweyne as the Venite is for lyke as the [and in the same manner as the Venite.] Venite is a callynge to psalmody. so in maner is the versycle a warninge. that ye shulde be redy to take hede. & to turne your mynde to the lessons. And therfore all the quier answereth accordyng & assentyng to the same. And for ye shulde be the soner spedde the versycle ys dyrecte vnto our lady. wherin ye pray [Why directed to our Lady.] her. that lyke as our lorde vouched safe to meke him∣selfe to her. so she vouche safe to bowe her ere to her∣ing of your prayer. therfore ye say thus Inclina. O quyene of heuens enclyne thyn ere to vs. Ad quam. To whome the lorde of lordes enclyned hymselfe for vs.