incipit antiphona. In Christian liturgical practice, antiphon is a musical term that denotes a short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle. Its use here indicates that Antiphon serves as a musical preface to the next item, On Serving Christ (art. 18).↩back to note source

3 the understonde. “welcome you.” See MED, understonden (v.), sense 16c.↩back to note source

9 froure. “comfort.” Compare The Proverbs of Alfred (art. 24), lines 19, 37.↩back to note source

10 Euouae. Pronounced yoo-oo-ee, euouae is a musical term derived from the sequence of vowels in “seculorumamen,” the final words of the Gloria patri doxology, and it serves as a mnemonic (like do re mi) for the sequence of tones to be sung. The term is typically found in Latin psalters and other liturgical books. The term’s presence confirms that Antiphon was originally a choral chant. The word is crossed out in the manuscript, perhaps by a post-Reformation reader who wished to censor veneration of Saint Thomas.↩back to note source