# Distichs from the Benedictional of Æthelwold

[5v]
Nuntius e caelo stat hic praedicando Mariae:
‘Ecce Deum paries hominemque simul, benedicta.’
[‘An angel from heaven stands here speaking to Mary: / ‘Behold, O blessed one, you shall give birth to man and God at once’’ J. Martin]
[6r]
Quisque caput cernis praesto est benedictio presul
Libri huius nati aduentus tibi nam patris almi.
[‘You, O bishop, whoever looks upon this heading, a benediction is at hand for you,
of this book of the coming of the Son of the Loving Father’]