TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
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ferred to in the original have been here given at length for convenience-sake, as "The Litany of Loretto," and "The Prayer at the Confession of the Apostles SS. Peter and Paul." There are also many translations of Latin collects not given in the original.
Nothing remains except to commend to her who is the Mother and Mistress of prayer the work he has undertaken, trusting to her all-powerful intercession to obtain for him, and for those who shall make use of the book, all that is asked in accordance with the will of God, as we humbly trust is the case with all the words of this book, authorised as it is and blessed by the Vicar of God himself upon earth.
