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I don't know if we can read it but I'll read it off to you,
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"O rubor sanguinis," "O redness of blood,"
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"qui de excelso illo fluxisti," "that flow down from heaven,"
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"quod divinitas tetegit," "which divinity touched,"
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"Tu flos est," "You are the flower,"
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which is "the wintry breath of the servant serpent,"
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in other words the devil,
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"numquam lesit," "will never wound."
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So that's the text.
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Now let's listen to the music of Hildegard of Bingen.
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Lovely.
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So what can we say about chant by way of conclusion?