S. Andreæ Corsini Episcopi et Confessoris.

Cumque cognovíssent se esse nudos, consuérunt fólia ficus, et fecérunt sibi perizómata. Et cum audíssent vocem Dómini Dei deambulántis in paradíso ad auram post merídiem, abscóndit se Adam et uxor ejus a fácie Dómini Dei in médio ligni paradísi. Vocavítque Dóminus Deus Adam, et dixit ei: Ubi es? Qui ait: Vocem tuam audívi in paradíso: et tímui, eo quod nudus essem, et abscóndi me. Cui dixit: Quis enim indicávit tibi quod nudus esses, nisi quod ex ligno, de quo præcéperam tibi ne coméderes, comedísti? Dixítque Adam: Múlier, quam dedísti mihi sóciam, dedit mihi de ligno, et comédi. Et dixit Dóminus Deus ad mulíerem: Quare hoc fecísti? Quæ respóndit: Serpens decépit me, et comédi.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

When they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons. And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise. And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou? And he said: I heard thy voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Et ait Dóminus Deus ad serpéntem: Quia fecísti hoc, maledíctus es inter ómnia animántia, et béstias terræ: super pectus tuum gradiéris, et terram cómedes cunctis diébus vitæ tuæ. Inimicítias ponam inter te et mulíerem, et semen tuum et semen illíus: ipsa cónteret caput tuum, et tu insidiáberis calcáneo ejus. Mulíeri quoque dixit: Multiplicábo ærúmnas tuas, et concéptus tuos: in dolóre páries fílios, et sub viri potestáte eris, et ipse dominábitur tui. Adæ vero dixit: Quia audísti vocem uxóris tuæ, et comedísti de ligno, ex quo præcéperam tibi ne coméderes, maledícta terra in ópere tuo: in labóribus cómedes ex ea cunctis diébus vitæ tuæ. Spinas et tríbulos germinábit tibi, et cómedes herbam terræ. In sudóre vultus tui vescéris pane, donec revertáris in terram de qua sumptus es: quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris. Et vocávit Adam nomen uxóris suæ, Heva: eo quod mater esset cunctórum vivéntium.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and the beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee. And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou eat the herbs of the earth. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return. And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Intérea Fesulána ecclésia suo viduáta pastóre, eum sibi epíscopum elégit: quo múnere se indígnum ǽstimans, diu látuit ignótus, donec púeri voce mirabíliter loquéntis próditus, et extra urbem invéntus, ne divínæ contradíceret voluntáti, episcopátum suscépit. Ea dignitáte auctus, humilitáti, quam semper colúerat, impénsius incúbuit: et pastoráli sollicitúdini misericórdiam in paúperes, liberalitátem, oratiónis assiduitátem, vigílias, aliásque virtútes adjúnxit, et spíritu étiam prophético clarus fuit; ádeo ut ejus sánctitas ab ómnibus celebrarétur.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

The Bishop of Fiesole being dead, the Church in that place chose Andrew Corsini for his successor. He held himself altogether unworthy of that office, and for a long time lay hidden and unknown, till he was betrayed by the voice of a child marvellously speaking, and found outside the city. Then, lest he should seem to resist the Will of God, he took the Bishopric, (in the year 1360.) Being dignified with this office, he set himself to a more perfect exercise of the. virtue of lowliness, whereof he was already a diligent practiser. He was eminent in watchfulness over the flock committed to his charge, joining thereto great tenderness and liberality towards the poor. He continued instant in prayer and watching. Thus was he so adorned with these and many other virtues, and even with the gift of prophecy, that the fame of his holy life was in the mouths of all men.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

His permótus Urbánus quintus, ad sedándas Bonóniæ turbas, Andréam legátum misit: quo in múnere multa perpéssus, cívium ódia, quæ ad interneciónem exárserant, summa prudéntia restínxit: tum restitúta tranquillitáte, ad própria revérsus est. Nec multo post assíduis labóribus, et voluntária carnis maceratióne conféctus, óbitus die a beáta Vírgine sibi prædícto, ad cœléstia regna migrávit, anno Dómini millésimo tercentésimo septuagésimo tértio, ætátis suæ septuagésimo primo. Quem Urbánus octávus multis magnísque miráculis clarum Sanctórum número adscrípsit. Ejus corpus Floréntiæ in ecclésia sui órdinis quiéscit, et máxima cívium veneratióne cólitur, quibus non semel in præsénti discrímine præsídio fuit.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

Urban V., moved by the fame of his godly conversation, sent him as his Legate to quiet disturbances at Bologna. He endured much in the discharge of this duty, calming with great wisdom the angry passions of the citizens, who had broken out into civil war, and when peace was restored, he returned home. Shortly after, he received from the Blessed Virgin a warning of his approaching death, and being worn out with his unceasing toil, and the rigour of his voluntary mortifications, he passed to the kingdom of heaven, (upon the 6th day of January,) in the year of our Lord 1373, and the 71st of his own age. His name became illustrious for many and great miracles, and Urban VIII. enrolled him in the number of the Saints. His body resteth at Florence in the Church of his Order, and is looked on with great reverence by the citizens, to whom, even in these days, he hath more than once shown himself a protector.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Quis ítaque iste homo est, qui péregre proficíscitur, nisi Redémptor noster, qui in ea carne quam assúmpserat, ábiit in cœlum? Carnis enim locus próprius terra est; quæ quasi ad peregrína dúcitur, dum per Redemptórem nostrum in cœlo collocátur. Sed homo iste péregre proficíscens, servis suis bona sua trádidit, quia fidélibus suis spirituália dona concéssit. Et uni quidem quinque talénta, álii duo, álii vero commísit unum. Quinque étenim sunt córporis sensus, vidélicet: visus, audítus, gustus, odorátus, et tactus. Quinque ergo taléntis, donum quinque sénsuum, id est, exteriórum sciéntia exprímitur. Duóbus vero, intelléctus et operátio designátur. Uníus autem talénti nómine, intelléctus tantúmmodo designátur.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

What other, then, is that man travelling into a far country but our Redeemer, Who is gone up from us into heaven in that Flesh Which He had taken into Himself? For the earth is the home of the Flesh, Which travelleth into a far country - when our Redeemer giveth It a place in heaven. But that man travelling into a far country delivered unto his servants his goods; and so doth our Redeemer give spiritual gifts unto His faithful people. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one. There are five bodily senses; that is, sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. By the five talents therefore are signified the five senses, that is, outward knowledge. By the two, wit and work. And by the figure of the one talent, understanding, which is alone.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.

Sed is, qui quinque talénta accéperat, ália quinque lucrátus est: quia sunt nonnúlli, qui etsi intérna ac mýstica penetráre nésciunt, pro intentióne tamen supérnæ pátriæ docent recta quos possunt, de ipsis exterióribus, quæ accepérunt, duplum taléntum portant: dumque se a carnis petulántia, et a terrenárum rerum ámbitu, atque a visibílium voluptáte custódiunt, ab his étiam álios admonéndo compéscunt. Et sunt nonnúlli, qui quasi duóbus taléntis ditáti, intelléctum atque operatiónem percípiunt, subtília de intérnis intélligunt, mira in exterióribus operántur. Cumque et intelligéndo et operándo áliis prǽdicant, quasi duplicátum de negótio lucrum repórtant.
Tu autem Dómine miserére nobis.
℟. Deo grátias.

And so he that had received five talents, gained other five talents - for some there be who, while yet they are not able to go on unto things inward and mystic, do yet so desire our Fatherland which is above, that they teach well all whom they can, and of those very outward things which they have received make gain double. These are they which keep themselves clean from the unruly motions of the flesh, and from the lust of the world, and from the delight of things which are seen, and, by their preaching, keep other men also clean from all these things. And some there are who receive, as their two talents, the power to think and the power to work. These are they which inwardly understand dark things, and outwardly work wonders. And these, since they preach unto others, both through their understanding and their works, gain, as it were, double, for the talents which they have received.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
℟. Thanks be to God.