Chapter 17. How many Psalms are to be sung at these Hours

WE have now disposed the order of the psalmody for the Night-Office and for Lauds; let us proceed to arrange for the remaining Hours. At Prime, let three Psalms be said, separately and not under one Gloria. The hymn at this Hour is to follow the verse, Deus in adjutorium, before the Psalms be begun. Then, at the end of the three Psalms, let one lesson be said, with a versicle, the Kyrie eleison, and the Collect. Tierce, Sext, and None are to be recited in the same way, that is, the Verse, the hymn proper to each hour, three Psalms, the lesson and versicle, Kyrie eleison, with the Collect. If the community be large, let the Psalms be sung with antiphons ; but if small, let them be sung straight forward.t Let the Vesper Office consist of four Psalms with antiphons: after the Psalms a lesson is to be recited ; then a responsory, a hymn and versicle, the canticle from the Gospel, the Litany and Lord’s Prayer, and finally the Collect. Let Compline consist of the recitation of three Psalms, to be said straight on without antiphons ; then the hymn for that Hour, one lesson, the versicle, Kyrie eleison, the blessing and the Collect.