Harold, Last King of the English, R+I+P.
Died this day, Prídie Idus Octóbris, Anno Domini 1066, Harold Godwinson, last King of the English, on Senlac Hill, in the Land of the Haestingas, in the Kingdom of the English.
O God, Whose property is always to have mercy and to spare, we humbly beseech Thee for the soul of Thy servant Harold, which Thou hast commanded to depart out of this world, that Thou wouldst not deliver it into the hands of the enemy, nor forget it unto the end, but wouldst command it to be received by the Holy Angels, and conducted to Paradise, its true country; that as in Thee it hath hoped and believed, it may not suffer the pains of hell, but may take possession of eternal joys.
Through Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
V. Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine
R. Et lux perpetua luceat ei:
V. Requiescat in pace.
R. Amen.
V. Requiescat in pace.
R. Amen.
With the Saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of Thy servant where there is no pain, nor sorrow, nor suffering, but life everlasting.
Memory Eternal!
Memory Eternal!
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