DESCRIPTION:
Artist: Estampie
Album: Ludus Danielis: Play of Daniel
Title: Abacuc

Lyrics:

Interea alius angelus admonebit Abacuc
prophetam ut deferat prandium quod
portabat messoribus suis Danieli in
lacum leonum dicens:

Abacuc tu senex pie
Ad lacum Babyloniae
Danieli fer prandium
Mandat tibi rex omnium

Cui Abacuc:

Novit Dei cognitio
Quod Babylonem nescio
Neque lacus est cognitus
Quo Daniel est positus

Tunc angelus appehendens eum capillo
capitis sui ducet ad lacum et Abacuc
Danieli offerens prandium dicet:

Surge frater ut cibum capias
Tuas Deus vidit angustias
Deus misit da Deo gratias
Qui te fecit

Et Daniel cibum accipiens dicet:

Recordatus es mei Domine
Accipiam in tuo nomine. Alleluia

Hic transactis, angelus reducat Abacuc in
locum suum, tunc rex descendens de
solio suo veniet ad lacum, dicens
lacrimabiliter:

Te ne putas Daniel
Salvabit ut eripiaris
A nece proposita
Quem tu colis et veneraris

Et Daniel regí:

Rex in aeternum vive

Item:

Angelicum solita misit pietate patronum
Quo Deus ad tempus conpescuit
Ora leonum

Tunc rex gaudens exclamabit:

Daniel educite
Te aemulos immittite

Cum expoliati fuerint et venerint ante
lacum, clamabunt:

Merito haec patimur
Quia peccavimus in sanctum Dei
Injuste egimus
Iniquitatem fecimus

Ille projecti in lacum statim consumentur
a leonibus et rex videns hoc dicet:

Deum Danielis
Qui regnat in saeculis
Adorari jubeo
A cunctis populis

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Meanwhile another Angel orders Habakkuk the
prophet to take the food which
he was carrying to the reapers to Daniel in
the lions' den, saying:

Habakkuk, you pious old man,
go to the Babylonian pit
to take food for Daniel:
thus the King of all peoples commands you.

Habakkuk to him:

God in his wisdom knows
that I don't know Babylon,
nor do I know the pit
where they have put Daniel.

Then the Angel seizes him by the hair of his head
and takes him to the pit, and Habakkuk offering the
food to Daniel, says:

Arise brother, and take this food!
God has seen your sufferings.
God has provided, give God thanks
for He made you.

And Daniel, accepting the food, says;

O Lord, you have remembered me.
I accept in your name. Hallelujah!

Having accomplished this, the Angel leads Habakkuk
back to his own place. Then the King descends from his throne and comes
to the pit, saying tearfully:

Daniel, do you think
you have been saved, escaping
the sentence of execution
by the god you worship and adore?

And Daniel to the King:

May the King live forever!

Also:

With his accustomed mercy, God sent a guardian
Angel just in time to restrain
the jaws of the lions.

Then the King cries out in joy:

Bring Daniel out,
and throw in the Rivals!

When they have been stripped of their robes and
have come to the pit, they cry:

We have deserved this suffering,
for we have sinned against holy God.
We have acted unjustly;
we have done evil.

They are thrown into the pit and are instantly
devoured by the lions, and seeing this, the King says:

I order that the God of Daniel,
who reigns for eternity,
shall be worshipped
by all peoples.