# Introit trope for the Deposition of St Swithun

Ecce, patronus adest meritis signisque refulgens,
de quo dulcisonum pertonat officium: *Statuit ei*
Quod maneat solido firmum per saecula pacto: *et principem*
Ordine Melchisedech libamina sacra ferentem: *ut sit illi*
Nos, Swithune, tuos defende benignus alumnos: *in aeternum*