The Ritual of Vestment

who shall be clothed in white, the which child thou shalt
have washed from head to foot, and thou shalt place upon
his forehead veil of white silk very fine and transparent,
which covereth the forehead even unto the eyes; and
upon the veil it is necessary to write beforehand in gold
with brush certain Sign made and marked in the
manner and order as it will be shown in the Third Book
the which doth serve to conciliate and to give grace unto
the mortal and human creature to behold the face of the
Angel. He who operateth shall do the same thing, but
upon veil of black silk, and shall put it on in the same
manner as the Child. After this thou shalt make the
Child enter into the Oratory and thou shalt cause him to
place the fire and the perfume in the censer, then he shall

who shall be clothed in white, the child whom thou shalt
have washed from head to foot, and thou shalt place upon
his forehead a veil of very fine and transparent white silk,
which covereth the forehead even unto the eyes; and
upon the veil it is necessary to write beforehand in gold
with a brush certain signs made and marked in the
manner and order as it will be shown in the Third Book,
which doth serve to conciliate and to give grace unto
the mortal and human creature to behold the face of the
Angel. He who operateth shall do likewise, but
upon a veil of black silk, and shall put it on in the same
manner as with the Child. After this thou shalt make the
Child enter into the Oratory, and thou shalt cause him to
place fire and perfume in the censer, then he shall